Episode 114: Mixed Feelings - Lon Otto

In creative writing, truth isn’t everything, but emotional truth almost is. Whatever the genre, however familiar or strange the situation or action, readers need to believe that the emotions in a piece of writing are true. And nothing conveys emotional truth more powerfully than mixed feelings. Combining different emotions, including conflicting emotions, can strengthen their intensity as well as deepening our sense of their authenticity. In this talk and conversation we will explore some of the ways in which mixed feelings work, looking at examples from various genres and considering occasions when mixing emotions might fail us.

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Episode 114: Mixed Feelings - Lon Otto is an episode from The Writing University Podcast by The Writing University.

This episode is 56:30 long.

This episode was published on Aug 9, 2019.

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