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The Hardest Scene to Write in What Remains After: Writing About Trauma, Truth, and Healing
As a reader, I used to assume that the hardest scenes for an author to write were the action scenes, fierce climactic confrontations, or moments of violence. Once I took up writing with the determination that it would be my calling and profession, I soon discovered that for me, the hardest scenes are not necessarily so because of what happens in them, but because of what they represent.