“. . . beneath the surface, Emily was trying to understand if writers were responsible for the feelings they prompted in others: if hurling a word had the same effect as throwing a stone. Was imagination—like a loaded gun—the one pulling the trigger?” WritingImaginationPower Of WordsEmily Dickinson Book:These Fevered Days: Ten Pivotal Moments in the Making of Emily Dickinson Source: These Fevered Days: Ten Pivotal Moments in the Making of Emily Dickinson