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Finding Character in Landscape--Working with Reflective Surfaces in Setting to Enhance Emotion

Finding Character in Landscape--Working with Reflective Surfaces in Setting to Enhance Emotion

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Mary Carroll Moore
Apr 21, 2023
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A memoirist in one of my online classes was trying to write about the sadness she felt at her father’s unexpected death. Her feedback group gave her an unexpected response: while it was clear she was very sad, when they heard her speak of his death, her feelings on the page were abstract, hard to really grasp.

“They don’t feel any of the sadness I feel,”…

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