R. O. Kwon on Writing What Terrifies You
Exploring fear, faith, and the emotional labour of crafting stories that demand everything.
In this week’s episode of Sick Sad Lit, I sit down with R. O. Kwon—author of The Incendiaries, Exhibit, and co-editor of Kink—to talk about what it really costs to write from the heart.
We talk about fear as fuel, the slow burn of creative longing, and what it means to turn personal and ancestral trauma into art. Reese speaks with such clarity about the vulnerability required to tell the truth on the page, and the liberation that comes with it.
If you’ve ever felt torn between fear and creation, this episode might just remind you that both can coexist, beautifully.
🎧 Listen now on Sick Sad Lit wherever you get your podcasts.
