<span>Dimmesdale asks Pearl to kiss him. She does, and "a spell was broken ... her tears fell upon her father's cheek, they were the pledge that she would grow up amid human joy and sorrow, nor forever do battle with the world. Towards her mother, too, Pearl's errand as a messenger of anguish was all fulfilled."</span>
<h3>Yes it is a run-on sentence</h3>
It's a combination of two sentences. It should be written as:
"Ms. Hartman, an interior designer, asks her clients to fill out a design questionnaire. She uses it to get a sense of their personalities and style preferences."
fictionalization means “give or create a fictional version of”
an author might use this when creating a story. to fictionalize you need sources, any-type. It’s better to use reliable. so, in your story (I’m assuming) what did the author use with sources...
