HeyJaredTalking Trash
Talking trash about writing, learning a new creative medium, and taking big swings.
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Two years ago I quit my job to write a book (opens the original)
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Two years ago I quit my job to write a book. I keep trying to force myself to reflect. I want to wrap up these two years in a shiny red ribbon and hand it to you–all ten of my substack readers–in a perfectly articulated, deeply profound box of insight. There’s nothing I love more that a psychoanalysis of my own behavior, so why can’t I do it now?The fear: What if I’m back where I was two years ago? What if I haven’t actually changed at all? What if I’ve written the book I set out to write and no
Is My God-Complex Showing? (opens the original)
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When your church hosts a summer bookclub diving headfirst into Frankenstein, you’ve know you’ve landed in a safe space. Led by two english teachers, 10 former class pets gather to flex a literary muscle left undisturbed for far to long. It’s the best. This is my first introduction to this story beyond the basic premise. I’ve never read the book. I’ve never seen a movie adaptation (although, Jacob Elordi, I will be seeing you soon). I also have the immense privilege of reading without the traumas
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