{"id":465,"date":"2025-03-16T12:40:08","date_gmt":"2025-03-16T12:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dummy.xtemos.com\/woodmart2\/elementor\/?p=465"},"modified":"2025-06-10T12:31:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T12:31:13","slug":"writing-with-heart-behind-the-scenes-of-strawberry-sundae","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testv78.demowebsitelinks.com\/EdithDodd\/writing-with-heart-behind-the-scenes-of-strawberry-sundae\/","title":{"rendered":"Writing with Heart \u2013 Behind the Scenes of Strawberry Sundae"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"465\" class=\"elementor elementor-465\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"wd-negative-gap elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a9a0672 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wd-section-disabled\" data-id=\"a9a0672\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-da39ba2\" data-id=\"da39ba2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a94b4db elementor-widget elementor-widget-wd_text_block\" data-id=\"a94b4db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wd_text_block.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wd-text-block reset-last-child text-left\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<p><strong>A Personal Connection to the Setting<\/strong><\/p><p>The author, Edith Dodd, draws inspiration from her roots in rural Oklahoma. The quiet beauty of country living is reflected in the novel\u2019s setting, a town where gossip travels fast and everyone has a history. This backdrop isn\u2019t just scenery; it plays a vital role in shaping the characters' lives and struggles.<\/p><p><strong>Real Characters, Real Emotions<\/strong><\/p><p>When writing <em>Strawberry Sundae<\/em>, Edith didn\u2019t aim for perfection. She wanted to create characters who feel real, people with wounds, regrets, and dreams. Cory and Mandy aren\u2019t larger-than-life heroes; they\u2019re reflections of the everyday folks we pass by, never knowing what they\u2019re going through.<\/p><p><strong>The Writing Process<\/strong><\/p><p>Writing the novel meant revisiting personal emotions, observing life, and staying honest with the storytelling. The process was not only creative but healing, proof that writing is an emotional act.<\/p><p><strong>Conclusion: Stories Rooted in Truth<\/strong><\/p><p>Edith\u2019s goal wasn\u2019t just to tell a story; it was to touch lives. <em>Strawberry Sundae<\/em> is a testament to how fiction, when written with heart, can feel more real than reality itself.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The author, Edith Dodd, draws inspiration from her roots in rural Oklahoma. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10143,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-books"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testv78.demowebsitelinks.com\/EdithDodd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testv78.demowebsitelinks.com\/EdithDodd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testv78.demowebsitelinks.com\/EdithDodd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testv78.demowebsitelinks.com\/EdithDodd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testv78.demowebsitelinks.com\/EdithDodd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=465"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/testv78.demowebsitelinks.com\/EdithDodd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10349,"href":"https:\/\/testv78.demowebsitelinks.com\/EdithDodd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465\/revisions\/10349"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testv78.demowebsitelinks.com\/EdithDodd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testv78.demowebsitelinks.com\/EdithDodd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testv78.demowebsitelinks.com\/EdithDodd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testv78.demowebsitelinks.com\/EdithDodd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}