HeyJaredLeoDreamsandWrites
Hello! I am a queer and trans book nerd writing posts about books, writing, neurodiversity, queerness and menta health. Follow me for long essays.
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I'm Burnout From Writing Essays: A Personal Update (opens the original)
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I've started this page 8 months ago, publishing about a 50-50 split between personal essays and book reviews, spending time in carefully curating long lists of essay ideas, enough for it to take me years to write all the essays I have in my Notes app on my phone.If you've been with me for a while, you know that all my writing posted here tackles themes important to me. Being a huge reader, I enjoy writing long analysis of books I've read and left an impression on me. I prefer focusing on books I
Can Reality Be Trusted? ‘Solace House’ Review (opens the original)
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The Tenderness of 'Once Upon a River' by Diane Setterfield (opens the original)
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There are certain books that I read and instantly consider to be Hall of Fame worthy. For me, such books need to contain more than just an interesting plot. These books need to engage me both emotionally and intellectually. A book that is about to become a favourite needs to create in me both attachment to the characters, as well as a complex exploration of meaningful themes, such as grief, memory, perception, identity, etc. Today, I am going to discuss a book that was really meaningful to me: ‘
Are Archetypal Characters In Fiction Inherently Bad? 'Unbury Carol' Case Study (opens the original)
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Today, I would like to discuss character archetypes, and whether or not they are inherently unsatisfying and limiting in a story. For context, I am the type of reader that usually enjoys reading character-driven books that explore ethics and feature morally ambiguous, flawed and complex characters. I enjoy it when the characters in the books I read are similar to people in real life, when they’re not inherently good or bad, but rather, they’re simply people trying to do the best they can with th
How Much Suffering in a Relationship Is Too Much? And Other Anxious Questions (opens the original)
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Have you ever noticed how, when you are emotionally unhealed, you tend to ask yourself the wrong questions regarding relationships? Instead of having your own standards for how you want to be treated in a relationship, you look for external guidelines. Instead of identifying where your own boundaries lie, you look for external rules, for someone to validate your standards. Read more
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