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Happy Tears and Sad Laughter: Displaying Emotions In A Human Way
Posted by jarviswrites in Emotions, Jennie, Responding to Writing Prompts, The Craft Of Writing, Truth in Writing, Writing About Death, Writing about Death, Writing Advice on February 23, 2016
by Jennie Jarvis In 2011, my father died of cancer. I had a great relationships with my dad, so, as you can imagine, this really sucked. When it came time to plan his funeral, however, I refused to let the event be depressing. My dad hated when things got too serious, always preferring campy action […]
Death in Writing – It’s Not a Story Unless Someone Dies by Brad Windhauser
Posted by virgowriter in Brad, Writing About Death, Writing about Death on October 26, 2014
Death in Writing – It’s Not a Story Unless Someone Dies by Brad Windhauser I don’t have a morbid fascination with death. I didn’t grow up surrounded by death. Although I did have the extreme misfortune of losing two friends in high school—two separate car accidents—I don’t have a pessimistic view of life. However, somewhere […]
Writing As Catharsis: Writing As A Coping Mechanism
Posted by jarviswrites in Growing Up A Writer, Jennie, Supporting Yourself As A Writer, The Writer's Life, Why I write, Writing About Death, Writing Advice on October 13, 2014
by Jennie Jarvis One of the sad truths about being human is that we will, without doubt, have to deal with death at some point in our life. Even if we are the most anti-social person in the world and stay isolated from every other person on the planet, we will still have to face […]
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