Emotional transference, the ability to shift raw, experienced emotion across a range of objects and relationships, is the “knowing” behind writing, says Nathan Englander:
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Emotional transference, the ability to shift raw, experienced emotion across a range of objects and relationships, is the “knowing” behind writing, says Nathan Englander:
I like it! But I gotta know how this fits in with “Writing as a mode of learning.” I guess the purposes of both maxims are different. But it seems like “Write what you know” might not empathize with “Writing as a mode of learning” cause we might not “know” something until we write it, right?
we might not “know” an emotion unless we write it, i mean.