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My MC is a 12 year-old girl, who at the age of 9 was involved in a car crash where her mother was killed, but she (obviously) and her father survived. The twist is that when the car was fished out of the river, her body had been washed away and was never found.
This is going to be such a hard thing to put down I know, and if this offends anyone or upsets anybody, please feel free to report this to the administrator and have it deleted. The last thing I want to do is bring back painful memories of a terrible time. I lost my mother to cancer 3 years ago, but at least I had a chance to say goodbye as it was a long illness and not a sudden loss.
What I'm after is what sort of emotions did you feel and how you came to terms with the loss of a parent so early in your life? How long did it take you to come to terms with it, and who were instrumental with the healing process? Also, did the remaining parent ever come to terms with it? I feel that I haven't properly addressed the healing process experienced by my MC. It is only a small part of one chapter, where the MC is talking to her best friend and it is not the main conflict, but I do want it to sound right.
If you don't want to explain it in an open forum, please send me a private message if you like. Like I say, this is a deeply personal event, and if just seeing the title in the forum is upsetting, please have it removed.
Many thanks for your help....
This is going to be such a hard thing to put down I know, and if this offends anyone or upsets anybody, please feel free to report this to the administrator and have it deleted. The last thing I want to do is bring back painful memories of a terrible time. I lost my mother to cancer 3 years ago, but at least I had a chance to say goodbye as it was a long illness and not a sudden loss.
What I'm after is what sort of emotions did you feel and how you came to terms with the loss of a parent so early in your life? How long did it take you to come to terms with it, and who were instrumental with the healing process? Also, did the remaining parent ever come to terms with it? I feel that I haven't properly addressed the healing process experienced by my MC. It is only a small part of one chapter, where the MC is talking to her best friend and it is not the main conflict, but I do want it to sound right.
If you don't want to explain it in an open forum, please send me a private message if you like. Like I say, this is a deeply personal event, and if just seeing the title in the forum is upsetting, please have it removed.
Many thanks for your help....