I Could Still Let Her Comfort Me Then
About this episode
Laura Davis shares a deleted scene from her memoir, reflecting on childhood and the emotional weight of memories.
PODCAST SHOW NOTES Episode Title: I Could Still Let Her Comfort Me Then: A Deleted Scene from the Cutting Room Floor Episode Description: It begins the way many childhood summers do — open roads, swimming holes, and the particular freedom of being ten years old enjoying a beautiful afternoon. Then one afternoon changes everything. In this second installment of her deleted scenes series, acclaimed author and writing teacher Laura Davis shares another scene cut from her award-winning 2021 memoir, The Burning Light of Two Stars . What Laura witnesses that afternoon, and what happens in its aftermath, distills the entire emotional landscape of her memoir into a single, devastating closing line. As with the first deleted scene in this series, Laura also reflects on the craft decision behind the cut — and what writers can learn from letting go of the scenes they love most. What Laura Covers in This Episode: The second in Laura's series of deleted scenes from The Burning Light of Two Stars , shared while she's on vacation A vivid portrait of a cross-country family road trip the summer Laura turned ten How an ordinary summer afternoon can become the kind of memory that never leaves you…
People in this episode
Host: Laura Davis
Topics covered
- childhood memories
- deleted scenes
- writing craft
- family road trip
- emotional landscape
Keywords
- memoir
- deleted scene
- childhood
- writing
- emotional impact
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: The Burning Light of Two Stars
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