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Stephanie Loomis's avatar

The em dash was a brilliant tool for setting the tree apart.

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𝐂𝐁 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧's avatar

Thanks to Joe Wilkins for opening this as a possibility for me!

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Julie Gabrielli's avatar

Wonderful bts! I love to hear what sparks people’s creativity and about their writing process. I haven’t read your story yet but will be traveling later today and will dive into the stories then. Meanwhile, I wrote a story from the POV of a maple tree last year. And a post about that process. 😊 Maybe our two stories will find their way into an anthology of tree-POV stories.

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𝐂𝐁 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧's avatar

Oh! I must go find that story. Can you link it here?

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Julie Gabrielli's avatar

I originally published it as a 3-part serial, then the full story - which is linked here:

https://open.substack.com/pub/juliegabrielli/p/heartwood-full-story?r=4cg2x&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

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