"Yes!" Juliana said, exuberant that he seemed to agree that this was what the article needed (she had taken his summary of what she'd just said as an agreement, anyway). "Yes, that's it exactly. I need an interview. But I don't know how to get one," she admitted. She had a few research subjects that she'd been corresponding with for a long time, and whom she was comfortable with, but her comfort really had no bearing on the situation. If they were comfortable meeting with her was another matter, even with the steps she took to ensure confidentiality in interview settings. Even if she assumed anyone who came to mind would be willing to talk with her, though, none of the correspondents who came to mind were suitable for the project.
It was then that she realized she hadn't actually told him the topic, since she'd jumped right to describing her difficulties with the article so far. But the subject was really a central part of what made it difficult in the first place.
"It's about guilt," she explained. "About how people handle the guilt after— you know," she continued with a slight gesture of her hand in lieu of the phrase. She hadn't found a way to phrase this yet that she liked, which was another (but entirely separate) problem, but she thought he would know exactly what she meant, because it was never very far from someone's mind when they lived with a condition like his. "After something's happened."
It was then that she realized she hadn't actually told him the topic, since she'd jumped right to describing her difficulties with the article so far. But the subject was really a central part of what made it difficult in the first place.
"It's about guilt," she explained. "About how people handle the guilt after— you know," she continued with a slight gesture of her hand in lieu of the phrase. She hadn't found a way to phrase this yet that she liked, which was another (but entirely separate) problem, but she thought he would know exactly what she meant, because it was never very far from someone's mind when they lived with a condition like his. "After something's happened."
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