When writing outside of their lane, writers often voice the same two concerns: accidentally hurting the community in question and ruining their careers. This session is one of my most popular, looking at the 3 main steps of due diligence, how to avoid backlash, how to not take up marginalized space, examples of outside writing done incorrectly, and one example of such writing done well to the point of praise.

When writing outside of one's lane, writers are often worried about accidentally causing backlash. While we cover how to avoid backlash elsewhere in this series, this particular session focuses on where these frustrations originate in readers, how to navigate backlash if it happens to you, and how to move forward. We'll also look at backlash examples, including one entity whose response to backlash made them beloved.