Hello! Thank you for being here. I wanted to say hi and share a little about myself and some reflections I've had as a cycle breaking writer.
Reflecting
I really like this photo of me. You can’t see my face but that’s the point.
I’m looking out.
And you can see there is a bigger picture, outside of myself. I can look within, and I have, but you also gotta look out. And then maybe try to get a higher vantage point.
In my Act III today, I can look back and pinpoint the causes & some forces behind my wounds 🥀
In my Act I & II, I couldn’t necessarily pinpoint the causes or prompting events in my life. Sure, really obvious ones I could identify- but even then I was like “nah, that can’t be it. That’s not a big deal.”
It wasn’t until I entered therapy for the first time in my early 20’s, I was able to name some outside sources/causes of my heartache. But before then- it was very personal as in it was all my fault. Something was wrong with me.
Today, I don't feel or think that way at all when I look back on my story.
In the story I’m writing, the seventeen year old protagonist is trying to do it all herself. She’s a bit of a know-it-all because she has to be. She inserts herself in the lives of the people she loves because she doesn't trust them to stick around. She's always trying to expand her vantage point, by getting really close up into things because she needs to for survival. But, of course, it's impossible to see everything, do everything, be everywhere all the time.
Good thing, in her Act II, there are characters she'll meet who will oppose this in challenging, funny, & even sweet ways <3
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