This is a pretty pretentious claim that people like Jordan Peterson like to tell themselves. The quote itself screams "romaticization!!!" The cruel terror of war or the expierience of actually losing someone over the course of months are good examples that show that stories and reality are not the same thing. We expose ourself to horrible stimuli only because they are not real. If you would know that that lion actually broke that guys neck and ate him alive, it would freak the hell out of you. Stories abstract away the reality and we perceive reality differently. E.g., just because a woman likes extremely kinky stories doesn't mean that she actually approves of these actions or that she wants to be raped in real life. Jennifer Probst book is another good example. The story is a fictionalized what-if, a story of how we want the world to be and not the harsh truth.
@@ZooDinghy Dr. Jordan Peterson said about quotes makes sense. Those quotes are sentimentalist and unrealistic. Mostly come from leftist mouths that don't believe in objective truth and believe in subjective truth and alternative truth. So with their logic everything can be true. Even verbally poetic words quotes that doesn't make sense.
@@theblindowl3828 This has nothing to do with left and right and is a problem of stories in general. Stories portray reality to suit the world of the narrator and his or her societal norms and expectations. American mainstream is in the top league when it comes to romanticizing away the "truth." The German Heimatfilm probably topped it all. After WWII, people needed a distraction from reality. It was hard for them to cope with the loss, their wrongdoings, and their destroyed world. Out came shallow entertainment, much like most Hollywood films.
@@ZooDinghy It's not so much pretention as it is narratives that have held true throughout human experience. The only thing we're missing is the narrative of the evil that wins since all we get are narratives of good always winning which when looking at history simply isn't true.
I haven’t read A monster calls, but I watched the movie on the plane back from Japan. And I cried. So hard and so long that the stranger next to me pushed the assistance button. That’s one of the most embarrassing moments of my life, because by pushing that button, he told me that there was something wrong with my reaction - that I (or he) needed assistance from that moment. Because it needed to be fixed or changed. But because of that, I also will never forget it. Because if I was so moved by that story that I couldn’t stay within the social norm, then this fiction was truly powerful.
There was nothing wrong with your reaction. The person next to you cannot look inside you. So, probably, he or she erred on the side of caution. It's the tragedy of Life that our inner lives are invisible. Don't take it personally. Sharing your story here is also an act of courage. Thank you. The more we share our inner being,, the better the world becomes. I hope you meet like-minded people that will enrich your Life!
Last book that made me feel intense emotions would be "I am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak because how hard it hit home. With the story being centered around Ed, a guy living a pointless life in the middle of nowhere, the epitome of ordinariness, who finally starts to change his life and feels happy living, it's really a story about how everyone can do something. And that something proves that people can live beyond what seem to be their capabilities. Don't know if that makes sense, but it was an eye opener for me.
That entire paragraph of Plath, captured and encapsulates everything I feel all the time. It captures how precious and how little time we have and we want to enjoy and love life to its fullest but we aren't allowed, we get only this small little window.. just once. It's ironic how the love of life brings along with it a great sadness for it knowing how fleeing it is.
I always felt a little as Sylvia Plath described. I wrote for comfort, and now I write to live the lives I can't physically. I also connected with 'The Handmaid's Tale' as a woman and found it incredibly frightening and confronting. I have a lot to say about that, but it ignites a not particularly nice brand of anger within me, to be frank. I genuinely resent the term 'feminist', but not in the way you think ... I resent that it HAS to exist. I haven't read in a long time (I know, I should) but the last book that brought on strong emotions was the Warriors series by Erin Hunter I read as a kid. They were stories about cats living in warrior clans, but somehow, they were able to connect with me on a deeply emotional level. They were tales of friendship I could get behind as a quiet kid who didn't have many friends, and about watching parental figures having to go through struggles and being powerless to do much except offer your strength - that resonated strongly with me. I think about those books a lot and I want to read again to enjoy those feelings.
@@rebeccaswinney8771 something i sometimes do is write abstractly emotional things or scenes, or describe something that makes me especially sad or proud, or angry.
"The fear of working a career for forty years only to discover you've wasted your entire life on meaningless paperwork." WAAAAHHHHH! Ah! The novels I could have written! UHHHHHH!
Receiving feedback from readers and other writers would be a great step toward further polishing your work for submission. If you Google "writing critique groups," you'll find long lists of websites that might help you find good critique partners; there's also a Beta Readers group on Goodreads. Then, if you want to go the traditional publishing route, you can send a query letter to literary agents to see if they'll offer to represent your book to publishing houses. There are also small presses out there, and self-publishing is always an option. It all depends on your goals for that novel. Keep writing. :)
Yes, beta reader's, then write a query and research publishers and agents to see what ones would be best suited for you to submit that query. Then doctor it to them, look to see if they have query samples, and then get feedback on your query again. Then send them out! And while you're waiting, get started on your next book.
The breadth of your literary knowledge never ceases to amaze me! You have a way of making deep, philosophical passages accessible, and keeps me wanting more. Another excellent video!
I don't know about the last book, but I can remember one of the first ones: What My Mother Doesn't Know by Sonya Sones. It validated the emotions I was feeling at the time, and let me know it was ok to be an angsty teenager, that I wasn't 'bad' if I didn't flawlessly transition from 'perfect child' to 'competent adult' and that still resonates with me over a decade later.
Norwegian wood was the last book that made me feel something. In a way the girl he loved was death and the other girl, life. This narrative perspective swirled my mind into a total vortex
Carsten Jensen: We the drowned I never had any emotional connection with the places where i lived. Always just a city or a small village, never my town, never cared about the people, and never felt that i had something in common with them. But after reading We the drowned, i feel like i have lived in Marstal, and it is my hometown.
1:04 why is this so me. 1:41 it's so beautifully visualized. I wish I would've come up with this. The thing is, I know I can become almost anything I want if I try... but why only one 😥 This was so revealing and uplifting for me. Thank you. I didn't know how much I needed to know that I needed others to know me... if that makes sense 😅 I'll try my best from now on.
But why do you think you're only limited to one? You can be as many things as you want if you try hard enough for them. Who said it should be limited to one?
@@aishaarshadalam3412 Everyone. Have you seen many people out there with multiple Majors, high-end careers, or great economic standing with more than two jobs? It's just not very likely. To truly do something well you must not only put effort, but lots and lots of time into mastery. For as much as I wish I could be an excellent game developer, I can't do that without spending at least 15+ years. I'm not a prodigy, I'm not a genius, and I'm not a quick learner. I also want to be an artist. To be at the level I wish to achieve this again will take many years of practice and dedication. Writer. Sound designer. Comic creator. Animator. I want to do all of this. I've experimented with each of these and fell in love with them. But then there's the very things that inspired me to want to create: Video games, movies, tv shows, anime, graphic novels, books, and much more. I don't want to abandon these things because I'm too busy. Even now as I'm still deciding what to do I feel like I've barely touched a book or watched a show. I'm trying my hand at what I think will work fastest and best. Things that will give me results sooner rather than later. I just hope I'm doing the right thing.
@@ExploreImagineDefineCreate Actually I do know quite a few people who are the things you mentioned. And if you can combine what you love to do in one job then that's even better. Maybe I'm just a different personality type but it seems like maybe some people are indecisive and that's the actual issue. Good luck with whatever you decide on.
@@aishaarshadalam3412 Thanks. I am Definitely an indecisive person. I doubt myself and hesitate all the time. But the problem is that I'm just not surrounded by much opportunities. I'm an immigrant from a low-income household and no contacts to people with influence. I'm not the best at socializing, and I haven't even decided what to focus on first. Either way, I've decided to try and take on art first. It seems to always be on demand and one can almost always find at least one person willing to pay for your work. It's not easier than anything else, but it does seem that it will give results faster (even if smaller) and has a low barrier to entry. All that is needed is pencil, paper, and a computer. Luckily I found a cheap drawing tablet, so things are looking good. I hope to start of slow and steady, and overtime grow better. Thank you for the kind words. I hope everything work out for you as well.
@@ExploreImagineDefineCreate dont do art, oh lordy... well not unless you wanna be either poor, stressed or both. If youre bothered by being low income with no contacts, why aren't you networking and learning a skill? Its not enough to say "I dont know anyone and I come from nothing" because so did a bunch of very successful people. Do you _hate_ the fact that you're low socio economic status? If so, that's your answer: do something about it. If it doesn't, why are you worried about it? Just do something that you can use in a job, like take a course in digital media or something. Cause having a job isn't like school - people won't just give you money for doodling in a sketchbook (trust me i found out the hard way), its a highly competitive and volatile production business that depends on your own ability and talent for 100% of its market demand. Whats worse, its completely non-essential, which I feel is a poor choice while covid is making things so difficult. Please... unless art is your life or your greatest talent, I would highly recommend you do something more boring and routine first as a safety net. Even something easy like statistics because that will help you put regular money in your pockets and then you can chip away at the art business in your own time. Pursuing a self-managed career in art while also suffering from chronic adhd, depression, anxiety, and PTSD was the most useless thing I ever did. I made no more than a couple of hundred dollars, worked insanely hard, exposed myself to "people" (including abuse, which is what i was afraid of), spent countless nights hoping it'd kick off soon and even more doubting my entire value as a person. My work did improve, but I was never keeping up with some of the most talented people - being 27 and seeing 16 year olds smash everything you've ever made with a 15min sketch because they're so insanely talented.... feels bad once, but after the 10th time you're like "ok I get it" I dunno i don't want to be negative, but I do want to be realistic and your current potential plan is the same one I had and it did NOT work for me. So make of that what you will. Maybe you're way better than I was and you've already got 15-20k subs on instagram or whatever.. 🤷♂️ What art would you even do? When you say its "in demand" what are you referring to? Are you prepared to have no time to do your own art because youre spending all your time doing what people want, instead?
“Speaker for the Dead” by Orson Scott Card was the last book I read that made my feel intense emotions. Novinha in particular is extremely frustrating to read about, but I think predominantly because her character is very relatable to me. Beyond that, there are also some incredibly powerful, emotionally charged scenes between characters. For anyone who hasn’t read the series, I definitely recommend it.
I have read Train Dreams by Denis Johnson around a dozen times. I listen to Will Paton read it on audible when I can't sleep at night. It's about a simple man who lives through some deeply tragic life events. He spends much of his life alone with his dog in a cabin in the mountains. At night he howls with the coyotes and dreams of the lost memories of his childhood. It does something to my heart that I can't really explain with words, but maybe more than anything I feel less alone when I read it.
I'm a very emotional person, so I naturally delve deep into the emotions of my characters, until I'm worried that I'm making the text too emotional. Not melodramatic, just emotional. One of my characters appears to be a classic fantasy hero on the outside: strong, handsome, selfless, has magic powers, doesn't know who his real parents are. But underneath, he suffers from depression, loneliness, self-loathing, and many other problems. He is most afraid of harming his loved ones and being left alone with the guilt, but at the same time, he feels he has no choice in what he becomes. Writing him unearthed some very deep wounds I didn't know I had. I never knew I was so afraid of being alone, or of growing up and leaving my happy home life behind. I never knew I was so terrified of becoming something I do not want to be. I didn't know that I harbor insecurities about being a burden on others or giving up my agency because I am a people pleaser. And yet, writing this character showed me all of that. It hurts. It hurts whenever I write him, because many of these things I struggle with are made manifest in him. But I love him as much as I love myself. This video was really fantastic, and it explains why I made such a connection with him. I have failed to put as much punch in my other characters, and I think this might be why.
Someone made a comment they were surprised that you didn't have more subs. Perhaps it's your emotional intelligence that frightens those who are still in self hiding. Much love.
It has to be crime and punishment for me. It writes from the perspective of that inner person and anxiety that goes on inside all of us that most of us build a wall of defences around, and most of us think it’s just our own personal weirdness but this book shows in exceptional detail that we all have these messed up feelings going on inside
This is SO inspiring! Although I’ve never attempted suicide, as a young teenager, I was depressed, wondered why I was ever born, & why I just couldn’t start over. I think every teen struggles with this at some level. So I aged my protagonist to 19 and took it further to her death. But as she hangs between death & being revived, she changes her mind and the novel follows her evolution into a life full of incredible things peppered with fascinating beings. This morning, I’m struggling with opening the novel with her suicide attempt. I want to start her at rock bottom. But, is this right? Is it too much? Will someone be too affected by this & do the unimaginable? Will people miss the message? What am I doing? Should I go clean the house? Your post here has inspired me to continue and expand on my character’s reasons for lying in the snow on Christmas Day, welcoming Death, but meeting someone else instead. Thank you so very much.
It's been ages since I bought a book, I've been so busy working on my own, but I just bought two of the ones you mentioned. I love a book that makes me forget I'm reading a book about characters, and allows me to enter a world with real people.
I'm not much of a reader yet, which often makes me feel inadequate around people who have entire bookshelves behind them. Nevertheless, one of the few books I've read is called 'Moon Palace', by Paul Auster. It made me feel amazed at times, with the way Paul described what his protagonist was going through. It also made me feel quite sad, as if one's always doomed to be lost in their search for identity. During those times--on a somewhat unrelated note--I like to picture Alan Watts sitting on the beach, drinking a piña colada, telling me to not take life so seriously.
I keep planning this book and nitpicking the little things each character does because I'm stalling. I literally watched this video to feel like I'm doing something about it when I'm not. I was surprised to find there was a term for the type of book that's based on parts of a person's life, because that's what I've been planning to do. If fear makes a book good, then this is gonna be the greatest book ever ig. The last book that really made me feel emotional was All The Bright Places by Jennifer Niven. It was about mental illness and dealing with the loss of a loved one, the message was about how important it is to find a reason to keep going when you're dealing with difficult periods of your life. It also has a ton of amazing quotes from 'The Waves'.
This video provided a breakthrough in my novel. The subject always touched on my fear but I had been allowing myself to skid the surface. You video forced me to look my fear in the eye and recognize its name. Thank you.
Me it was Oscar Wylde’s “The Happy Prince” Dear lord, That story was Pure brilliance! I knew it had homosexual undertones, reminiscent of Wylde’s sexuality, but I didn’t expect the floodgates to crumble. I mean, I don’t think I’ve ever sobbed and cried SO HARD at a short story’s end 😢 Love and death are something we can all relate to, and the ending to me was religious
Wow, I just had to skim my book shelf, and reread my book list to find a recent book that hit me as hard as you describe. All the examples you gave were so powerful. It immediately became apparent the last couple of months have been very cerebral books (really awesome, like Zen and the Art of Motor Cycle Maintanence, or even Dracula and the Alchemist were just distant enough for the story not to feel raw). I would say, "It Does Not Die," by Indian poet Maitreyi Devi is about as real as it gets. Its the story of coming to terms with a long lost adolescent love, decades later, yet one day having all those emotions stirred up again because that lover happens to be a famous writer and wrote some famous book about you -- so, having received the signal, you seek him out. The prose, gosh, even now months after reading it, I can open it to a random page, and reread a line I had underlined at the time -- and a funny thing happens. I dont even remember reading the line or underlining it, and so it hits me as if for the first time. Raw emotion, like raw pain, that never gets old, always feels immediate, and "does not die" even when it disappears. Because it comes back.
D- I want you to know how much your videos, teachings, and even vocal delivery are not only appreciated and enlightening but wildly valuable! THANK YOU!
The part you play involving the monster hit a little too home. I might need to give it a listen. Actually, I might give a listen to quite a few of the books you’ve mentioned. I’ve read only a handful of books, mostly ranging from two YA book series and whatever came up for school. The book I recall hitting emotionally hard last being Night by Elie Wiesel. I still remember the vibe of the hanging that is described within the book. There was another book that I can’t recall the name that stuck out as well. It was about a kid that ran away from home. There was a scene where a supporting male character brought the MC to see a prostitute for life advice. Later the MC went back to see her to find out that she passed away. Sorry if that’s not enough info to potentially figure out what the book might’ve been.
Thank you so much for this video. I cried a couple times listening to it. I am a first time writer, and this helped me so much in writing my story that I am currently working on. THANK YOU! ❤ ✍
2:29 I can feel this in my core. It's everywhere, a thousand choices every day and millions every year. It's frustrating, your energy gets sucked out of you entirely before you even manage to do anything. Hello Depression! Nice to meet you...again.
It makes me a little sad to say this, but the last time i felt intense emotion from reading was in one of the twighlight books. In the segment where bella fell into depression after edward left. a few chapters were a page long and listed only month names. The sourse of my depression wasnt a break up but i knew the feeling of time slipping by with nothing happening within.
On the stage, I was a singer, a dancer, a musician, and a magician. This was my theatre that everyone came to. That everyone wanted to see. "What will the boy perform today?" I hear the audience ponder. Yes… this is who they wanted to see. Just me, and not the other boy. The one behind the curtain. Silent, but always crying. Sitting, while listening to his tears. Angry, or perhaps afraid. That other boy is also me.
The only instruction I have followed (long time subscriber and viewer. LOVE YOUR VOICE, your passion for understanding storytelling inspiring)is 'Keep writing" thus far. First time following the other instruction. The last book to give me a powerful emotional response was The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver. She writes about a military family from Bible Belt USA in the 1950's moving to the Congo. As someone born and raised in Africa I never thought a white person could capture any piece of my continent so accurately in fictional literature. She does that and more. I've read it twice. I hesitate to read it again before my first draft is complete but talk about feeling the Emotions. Fantastic. I bought it for my Nigerian mother for Christmas.
Thank you for all the videos you've done! I stumbled upon this channel when the video on showing vs telling popped up on my feed, and since then I've seen almost all of them. They have helped me a lot! ❤
Little Women has always stuck with me. There have been moments when I hate it for how relatable I find it but at the end of the day it will always be one of my favorite stories. I grew up wanting to be just like Jo, and not just being a writer. I wanted to have her confidence her ability to unabashedly be herself and not care how it might come across to others. But I as I have grown older I realize I have a lot more in common with Amy.
Someone said that writers don't write, we bleed on the page until there is nothing left of us. Or something similar, and that is honestly how I feel whilst writing my book
This is probably my favorite video of yours. I come back to it when I'm feeling disinterested with my own writing. It speaks to what I've always hoped I could do with my work. It's the stories with emotional honesty that stick with me and made me want to write in the first place. I have a ton of respect for authors who can translate their personal experiences and inner world into a story that elicits empathy and engaged understanding from a reader. "Hot-making" in writing is capable of changing the reader, but it can be cathartic for the writer.
Thank you so much for your kind words and thoughtful comment! I love how you phrased the importance of stories with emotional honesty. Keep writing. :)
The last book which made me cry was the Warhammer 40,000 Gaunt's Ghosts book Salvation's Reach where one of the most likeable nicest characters is dying of leukaemia Doctor Dorden this is a long-running series which had begun in 1999 and had a book published in it for almost every year since. I cannot emphasise enough how much this line means in the work of 40k. Space Marines are genetically enhanced far beyond humans and when they were created they pretty much become immune to fear. The Emperor of Mankind who is pretty much a god said 'And they shall know no fear.' This is the biggest compliment a character could ever receive in 40k. Gaunt found Sar Af talking to Dorden. The old medicae looked especially fragile beside the vast Space Marine in his heavy boarding armour 'He is dying,' said Sar Af to Gaunt, as though this was news and come up in conversation. 'I know,' said Gaunt. 'But he is not afraid,' said Sar Af. 'I'm not,' said Dorden. The White Scar nodded sagely. He looked at Gaunt. "And they shall know no fear," he said.
Thanks to you, I have acknowledged what is holding me back from writing a realistic story, I always avoided my true feelings and wrote in a way that I think it should be. If you can't even let your true self be immersed in your own story, who will be then? Love the collection of so many great books you put in the video. I fall for both the aesthetics of their covers and their touching contents. Like my soul was pulled inside out for 28:46 minutes straight when you read those excerpts. Please keep up with your amazing work. I love your channel and your advices always work for me. (English is not my first language, so pls ignore my grammar mistakes ~)
Mark Zuzak’s The Book Thief. It was about death and the beauty of life and how they both coexist with each other. It was a Holocaust story but from the view of a German girl. They take in a Jewish man and have to hide him; although that sounds like a really cliché plot, I cried at the end of the book, because I had gotten attached to the characters, and they felt real and it’s what finally made me really understand how much of a tragedy WWII was for *everyone*. Not just the Jewish. The world was suffering and in the end they suffered with it. It was a really, really good book.
“girl interrupted” Susanna Kaysen (probably butchered her name) the one segment about the girl who goes to solitary confinement always tugs on my heart
Always a treat to watch your videos, you definitely deserve more views. You should try reading the wandering inn it’s a webnovel completely different to any genre even different compared to wattpad’s novels. It has a world that in my opinion can rival game of thrones, the witcher or harry potter.
You should have a look at Flaubert works like Madame Bovary then read Salambo. That when I understood why he is consider a master writter. He put you in the mood of scene.
The last time a story left me with my mouth dragging the floor was when I was in college and had to read a short story from an anthology. The story was called "The Stone Boy". The boy's reaction to accidentally killing his brother blew my mind.
I cried for three days at the end of Fiona Valpy's The Beekeeper's Promise. This was because I know my father witnessed the Nazi atrocities that Fiona writes about. My dad was a deeply sensitive man and it upset me to think that he saw such terrible sights. She is a brilliant World War 2 writer. Her books are so thoroughly researched that in her fiction, there is nowhere to run from reality.
Thank you for the inspiring video! I am a newbie writer, and after listening to this video I believe that I've cleared, even if only partially, one of my writer's blocks.
Idea: write journal entries based on the emotion(s) of the day, not about the events. Instead of "I couldn't find my sandals today and I was sad. I looked for hours," write "I was mortally depressed. The anguish like none other I could recall. Who took them? Why would they take them. Why am I this attached to them? This because I couldn't find my sandals for three days? Ridiculous, yet true. I started blaming everyone... except myself."
This changed me greatly. Thanks for the tips! I'm also very happy that you brought up Fredrick! One of my all time favorite authors! A Man Named Ove has brought me to tears and made reflect on so many things in my life. I am very grateful that I randomly picked up that book at Barnes & Noble.
Apposing forces can exist together in harmony It is typical for one to think they can only have one, that there is only one path and one right But there are many rights and parts can be woven together. You can be a mother. And travel. You have a long life, but you also have the power to have everything you want in some shape or form to the degree that you can stand in a blissful moment having achieved what you want. We are in a constant state of moving, and therefore we will not find a forever bliss. But we can savor each moment we find.
The last book that made me feel intense emotions was, "Red, White and Royal Blue" by Casey Mcquiston. It's a truly wonderful book that gave me so much joy, that I could never put it into words. I fell in love with the characters, and their inner conflicts reflected my own in a lot of ways. ❤️❤️❤️
"Story is truer than Fact. A fact happened once, but Story is always true." Madeleine L'Engle
This left me speechless. It's all so true.
This is a pretty pretentious claim that people like Jordan Peterson like to tell themselves. The quote itself screams "romaticization!!!"
The cruel terror of war or the expierience of actually losing someone over the course of months are good examples that show that stories and reality are not the same thing.
We expose ourself to horrible stimuli only because they are not real. If you would know that that lion actually broke that guys neck and ate him alive, it would freak the hell out of you. Stories abstract away the reality and we perceive reality differently. E.g., just because a woman likes extremely kinky stories doesn't mean that she actually approves of these actions or that she wants to be raped in real life.
Jennifer Probst book is another good example. The story is a fictionalized what-if, a story of how we want the world to be and not the harsh truth.
@@ZooDinghy Dr. Jordan Peterson said about quotes makes sense. Those quotes are sentimentalist and unrealistic. Mostly come from leftist mouths that don't believe in objective truth and believe in subjective truth and alternative truth. So with their logic everything can be true. Even verbally poetic words quotes that doesn't make sense.
@@theblindowl3828 This has nothing to do with left and right and is a problem of stories in general. Stories portray reality to suit the world of the narrator and his or her societal norms and expectations.
American mainstream is in the top league when it comes to romanticizing away the "truth." The German Heimatfilm probably topped it all. After WWII, people needed a distraction from reality. It was hard for them to cope with the loss, their wrongdoings, and their destroyed world. Out came shallow entertainment, much like most Hollywood films.
@@ZooDinghy It's not so much pretention as it is narratives that have held true throughout human experience. The only thing we're missing is the narrative of the evil that wins since all we get are narratives of good always winning which when looking at history simply isn't true.
I haven’t read A monster calls, but I watched the movie on the plane back from Japan. And I cried. So hard and so long that the stranger next to me pushed the assistance button. That’s one of the most embarrassing moments of my life, because by pushing that button, he told me that there was something wrong with my reaction - that I (or he) needed assistance from that moment. Because it needed to be fixed or changed.
But because of that, I also will never forget it. Because if I was so moved by that story that I couldn’t stay within the social norm, then this fiction was truly powerful.
Hey thanks to you I came to know about that movie & Yesterday I watched Monster call. It was a really nice Movie...
There was nothing wrong with your reaction. The person next to you cannot look inside you. So, probably, he or she erred on the side of caution. It's the tragedy of Life that our inner lives are invisible. Don't take it personally. Sharing your story here is also an act of courage. Thank you. The more we share our inner being,, the better the world becomes. I hope you meet like-minded people that will enrich your Life!
Because of this comment I went to read the book this afternoon. I just finished all of it. Wow. That was. Wow.
@@crys_cornflakez as well! Just read this comment and now I'm gonna download it to read, thanks stranger!
The Monster Calls is a brilliantly written story that tears off emotional bandaids and performs heart surgery.
"There's no secret about becoming a Writer.
You read and you write." (Chaim Potok)
I needed that, thank you , blessing for you and your family 😊
Last book that made me feel intense emotions would be "I am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak because how hard it hit home. With the story being centered around Ed, a guy living a pointless life in the middle of nowhere, the epitome of ordinariness, who finally starts to change his life and feels happy living, it's really a story about how everyone can do something. And that something proves that people can live beyond what seem to be their capabilities.
Don't know if that makes sense, but it was an eye opener for me.
This is my favorite book of all time. Read it going into high school and I’ve loved it ever since.
That entire paragraph of Plath, captured and encapsulates everything I feel all the time. It captures how precious and how little time we have and we want to enjoy and love life to its fullest but we aren't allowed, we get only this small little window.. just once. It's ironic how the love of life brings along with it a great sadness for it knowing how fleeing it is.
I always felt a little as Sylvia Plath described. I wrote for comfort, and now I write to live the lives I can't physically. I also connected with 'The Handmaid's Tale' as a woman and found it incredibly frightening and confronting. I have a lot to say about that, but it ignites a not particularly nice brand of anger within me, to be frank. I genuinely resent the term 'feminist', but not in the way you think ... I resent that it HAS to exist.
I haven't read in a long time (I know, I should) but the last book that brought on strong emotions was the Warriors series by Erin Hunter I read as a kid. They were stories about cats living in warrior clans, but somehow, they were able to connect with me on a deeply emotional level. They were tales of friendship I could get behind as a quiet kid who didn't have many friends, and about watching parental figures having to go through struggles and being powerless to do much except offer your strength - that resonated strongly with me.
I think about those books a lot and I want to read again to enjoy those feelings.
This is by far the best writing channel on TH-cam. Superb quality. Thank you :)
Amen.
writing with emotion is VERY cleansing to your spirit. Easpecially if you leave the feelings on the page.
That would be nice. For me, writing emotions is akin to wading through mud: not easily wiped off on sheets of paper.
@@rebeccaswinney8771 something i sometimes do is write abstractly emotional things or scenes, or describe something that makes me especially sad or proud, or angry.
That piece about the figs...that's my regular Netflix experience.
Netflix is a prune tree.
Yes!!
bruh
Netflix and TH-cam and books and every hour, every day...
"The fear of working a career for forty years only to discover you've wasted your entire life on meaningless paperwork." WAAAAHHHHH! Ah! The novels I could have written! UHHHHHH!
Haha! Not too late tho
Never too late
I have a novel that I've written, rewritten, thrown out and written all over again and finally, I think it's ready.
But here's my question; now what?
Beta reader check then go to an editor. I'll be waiting for that novel to hit the book shelves.
Receiving feedback from readers and other writers would be a great step toward further polishing your work for submission. If you Google "writing critique groups," you'll find long lists of websites that might help you find good critique partners; there's also a Beta Readers group on Goodreads. Then, if you want to go the traditional publishing route, you can send a query letter to literary agents to see if they'll offer to represent your book to publishing houses. There are also small presses out there, and self-publishing is always an option. It all depends on your goals for that novel. Keep writing. :)
@@QuotidianWriter Thank you very much, Diane. This has helped a lot. :)
Yes, beta reader's, then write a query and research publishers and agents to see what ones would be best suited for you to submit that query. Then doctor it to them, look to see if they have query samples, and then get feedback on your query again. Then send them out! And while you're waiting, get started on your next book.
Hey 👋👋 any update ?
The breadth of your literary knowledge never ceases to amaze me! You have a way of making deep, philosophical passages accessible, and keeps me wanting more. Another excellent video!
I don't know about the last book, but I can remember one of the first ones: What My Mother Doesn't Know by Sonya Sones. It validated the emotions I was feeling at the time, and let me know it was ok to be an angsty teenager, that I wasn't 'bad' if I didn't flawlessly transition from 'perfect child' to 'competent adult' and that still resonates with me over a decade later.
I loved that book, too!
Norwegian wood was the last book that made me feel something. In a way the girl he loved was death and the other girl, life. This narrative perspective swirled my mind into a total vortex
This channel is a rare treasure. Thank you.
One of the best video essays on writing here on TH-cam. So glad I stumbled upon this.
Thank you so much for the high praise, Sonia! Keep writing! :)
Goosebumps with every single word. This video was awesome.
Carsten Jensen: We the drowned
I never had any emotional connection with the places where i lived. Always just a city or a small village, never my town, never cared about the people, and never felt that i had something in common with them.
But after reading We the drowned, i feel like i have lived in Marstal, and it is my hometown.
1:04 why is this so me.
1:41 it's so beautifully visualized. I wish I would've come up with this.
The thing is, I know I can become almost anything I want if I try... but why only one 😥
This was so revealing and uplifting for me. Thank you. I didn't know how much I needed to know that I needed others to know me... if that makes sense 😅
I'll try my best from now on.
But why do you think you're only limited to one? You can be as many things as you want if you try hard enough for them. Who said it should be limited to one?
@@aishaarshadalam3412 Everyone. Have you seen many people out there with multiple Majors, high-end careers, or great economic standing with more than two jobs? It's just not very likely. To truly do something well you must not only put effort, but lots and lots of time into mastery.
For as much as I wish I could be an excellent game developer, I can't do that without spending at least 15+ years. I'm not a prodigy, I'm not a genius, and I'm not a quick learner. I also want to be an artist. To be at the level I wish to achieve this again will take many years of practice and dedication.
Writer. Sound designer. Comic creator. Animator. I want to do all of this. I've experimented with each of these and fell in love with them. But then there's the very things that inspired me to want to create: Video games, movies, tv shows, anime, graphic novels, books, and much more. I don't want to abandon these things because I'm too busy. Even now as I'm still deciding what to do I feel like I've barely touched a book or watched a show.
I'm trying my hand at what I think will work fastest and best. Things that will give me results sooner rather than later. I just hope I'm doing the right thing.
@@ExploreImagineDefineCreate Actually I do know quite a few people who are the things you mentioned. And if you can combine what you love to do in one job then that's even better. Maybe I'm just a different personality type but it seems like maybe some people are indecisive and that's the actual issue. Good luck with whatever you decide on.
@@aishaarshadalam3412 Thanks. I am Definitely an indecisive person. I doubt myself and hesitate all the time. But the problem is that I'm just not surrounded by much opportunities. I'm an immigrant from a low-income household and no contacts to people with influence. I'm not the best at socializing, and I haven't even decided what to focus on first.
Either way, I've decided to try and take on art first. It seems to always be on demand and one can almost always find at least one person willing to pay for your work. It's not easier than anything else, but it does seem that it will give results faster (even if smaller) and has a low barrier to entry. All that is needed is pencil, paper, and a computer. Luckily I found a cheap drawing tablet, so things are looking good. I hope to start of slow and steady, and overtime grow better.
Thank you for the kind words. I hope everything work out for you as well.
@@ExploreImagineDefineCreate dont do art, oh lordy... well not unless you wanna be either poor, stressed or both.
If youre bothered by being low income with no contacts, why aren't you networking and learning a skill? Its not enough to say "I dont know anyone and I come from nothing" because so did a bunch of very successful people. Do you _hate_ the fact that you're low socio economic status? If so, that's your answer: do something about it.
If it doesn't, why are you worried about it? Just do something that you can use in a job, like take a course in digital media or something.
Cause having a job isn't like school - people won't just give you money for doodling in a sketchbook (trust me i found out the hard way), its a highly competitive and volatile production business that depends on your own ability and talent for 100% of its market demand. Whats worse, its completely non-essential, which I feel is a poor choice while covid is making things so difficult.
Please... unless art is your life or your greatest talent, I would highly recommend you do something more boring and routine first as a safety net. Even something easy like statistics because that will help you put regular money in your pockets and then you can chip away at the art business in your own time.
Pursuing a self-managed career in art while also suffering from chronic adhd, depression, anxiety, and PTSD was the most useless thing I ever did. I made no more than a couple of hundred dollars, worked insanely hard, exposed myself to "people" (including abuse, which is what i was afraid of), spent countless nights hoping it'd kick off soon and even more doubting my entire value as a person.
My work did improve, but I was never keeping up with some of the most talented people - being 27 and seeing 16 year olds smash everything you've ever made with a 15min sketch because they're so insanely talented.... feels bad once, but after the 10th time you're like "ok I get it"
I dunno i don't want to be negative, but I do want to be realistic and your current potential plan is the same one I had and it did NOT work for me. So make of that what you will. Maybe you're way better than I was and you've already got 15-20k subs on instagram or whatever.. 🤷♂️
What art would you even do? When you say its "in demand" what are you referring to? Are you prepared to have no time to do your own art because youre spending all your time doing what people want, instead?
“Speaker for the Dead” by Orson Scott Card was the last book I read that made my feel intense emotions. Novinha in particular is extremely frustrating to read about, but I think predominantly because her character is very relatable to me. Beyond that, there are also some incredibly powerful, emotionally charged scenes between characters. For anyone who hasn’t read the series, I definitely recommend it.
I have read Train Dreams by Denis Johnson around a dozen times. I listen to Will Paton read it on audible when I can't sleep at night. It's about a simple man who lives through some deeply tragic life events. He spends much of his life alone with his dog in a cabin in the mountains. At night he howls with the coyotes and dreams of the lost memories of his childhood.
It does something to my heart that I can't really explain with words, but maybe more than anything I feel less alone when I read it.
I'm a very emotional person, so I naturally delve deep into the emotions of my characters, until I'm worried that I'm making the text too emotional. Not melodramatic, just emotional. One of my characters appears to be a classic fantasy hero on the outside: strong, handsome, selfless, has magic powers, doesn't know who his real parents are. But underneath, he suffers from depression, loneliness, self-loathing, and many other problems. He is most afraid of harming his loved ones and being left alone with the guilt, but at the same time, he feels he has no choice in what he becomes. Writing him unearthed some very deep wounds I didn't know I had. I never knew I was so afraid of being alone, or of growing up and leaving my happy home life behind. I never knew I was so terrified of becoming something I do not want to be. I didn't know that I harbor insecurities about being a burden on others or giving up my agency because I am a people pleaser. And yet, writing this character showed me all of that. It hurts. It hurts whenever I write him, because many of these things I struggle with are made manifest in him. But I love him as much as I love myself. This video was really fantastic, and it explains why I made such a connection with him. I have failed to put as much punch in my other characters, and I think this might be why.
“Writing Irresistible KidLit” is a great writing craft book. I highly recommend it to writers.
Thank you!
Someone made a comment they were surprised that you didn't have more subs. Perhaps it's your emotional intelligence that frightens those who are still in self hiding. Much love.
You should have 5 billion subs
Another Country by James Baldwin. He made me bawl my eyes out in heartache. And in the tender, precious places, he made me smile with pure gladness.
It has to be crime and punishment for me. It writes from the perspective of that inner person and anxiety that goes on inside all of us that most of us build a wall of defences around, and most of us think it’s just our own personal weirdness but this book shows in exceptional detail that we all have these messed up feelings going on inside
This is SO inspiring! Although I’ve never attempted suicide, as a young teenager, I was depressed, wondered why I was ever born, & why I just couldn’t start over. I think every teen struggles with this at some level. So I aged my protagonist to 19 and took it further to her death. But as she hangs between death & being revived, she changes her mind and the novel follows her evolution into a life full of incredible things peppered with fascinating beings. This morning, I’m struggling with opening the novel with her suicide attempt. I want to start her at rock bottom. But, is this right? Is it too much? Will someone be too affected by this & do the unimaginable? Will people miss the message? What am I doing? Should I go clean the house? Your post here has inspired me to continue and expand on my character’s reasons for lying in the snow on Christmas Day, welcoming Death, but meeting someone else instead. Thank you so very much.
It's been ages since I bought a book, I've been so busy working on my own, but I just bought two of the ones you mentioned.
I love a book that makes me forget I'm reading a book about characters, and allows me to enter a world with real people.
I hope you enjoy them! Keep writing (and reading). :)
I'm not much of a reader yet, which often makes me feel inadequate around people who have entire bookshelves behind them. Nevertheless, one of the few books I've read is called 'Moon Palace', by Paul Auster. It made me feel amazed at times, with the way Paul described what his protagonist was going through. It also made me feel quite sad, as if one's always doomed to be lost in their search for identity. During those times--on a somewhat unrelated note--I like to picture Alan Watts sitting on the beach, drinking a piña colada, telling me to not take life so seriously.
Absolutely amazing video, thank you so much.
I keep planning this book and nitpicking the little things each character does because I'm stalling. I literally watched this video to feel like I'm doing something about it when I'm not. I was surprised to find there was a term for the type of book that's based on parts of a person's life, because that's what I've been planning to do. If fear makes a book good, then this is gonna be the greatest book ever ig.
The last book that really made me feel emotional was All The Bright Places by Jennifer Niven. It was about mental illness and dealing with the loss of a loved one, the message was about how important it is to find a reason to keep going when you're dealing with difficult periods of your life. It also has a ton of amazing quotes from 'The Waves'.
This video provided a breakthrough in my novel. The subject always touched on my fear but I had been allowing myself to skid the surface. You video forced me to look my fear in the eye and recognize its name. Thank you.
Thanks for the kick in the pants to keep writing. Your videos are an inspiration as always.
As many videos about writting I have seen thr past year I feel this one made me go into the next level as a writter.
Me it was Oscar Wylde’s “The Happy Prince”
Dear lord, That story was Pure brilliance!
I knew it had homosexual undertones, reminiscent of Wylde’s sexuality, but I didn’t expect the floodgates to crumble.
I mean, I don’t think I’ve ever sobbed and cried SO HARD at a short story’s end 😢
Love and death are something we can all relate to, and the ending to me was religious
God. What a voice! Sun, Sand and Stars, by Antoine de Saint-Éxupéry. I sob everytime I read it.
I'm reading that now. So amazing
Wow, I just had to skim my book shelf, and reread my book list to find a recent book that hit me as hard as you describe. All the examples you gave were so powerful. It immediately became apparent the last couple of months have been very cerebral books (really awesome, like Zen and the Art of Motor Cycle Maintanence, or even Dracula and the Alchemist were just distant enough for the story not to feel raw).
I would say, "It Does Not Die," by Indian poet Maitreyi Devi is about as real as it gets. Its the story of coming to terms with a long lost adolescent love, decades later, yet one day having all those emotions stirred up again because that lover happens to be a famous writer and wrote some famous book about you -- so, having received the signal, you seek him out.
The prose, gosh, even now months after reading it, I can open it to a random page, and reread a line I had underlined at the time -- and a funny thing happens. I dont even remember reading the line or underlining it, and so it hits me as if for the first time. Raw emotion, like raw pain, that never gets old, always feels immediate, and "does not die" even when it disappears. Because it comes back.
PS: Thank you, Diane, for another mind-blowing video.
D- I want you to know how much your videos, teachings, and even vocal delivery are not only appreciated and enlightening but wildly valuable! THANK YOU!
I love Angie Thomas' books.
I’m literally obsessed with your channel. Great material.
Thank you so much for watching and for your kind words! Keep writing! :)
@@QuotidianWriter Thanks so much! You inspire me to write more. You’re doing the Lords work. I will definitely keep writing .
The part you play involving the monster hit a little too home. I might need to give it a listen. Actually, I might give a listen to quite a few of the books you’ve mentioned.
I’ve read only a handful of books, mostly ranging from two YA book series and whatever came up for school.
The book I recall hitting emotionally hard last being Night by Elie Wiesel. I still remember the vibe of the hanging that is described within the book.
There was another book that I can’t recall the name that stuck out as well. It was about a kid that ran away from home. There was a scene where a supporting male character brought the MC to see a prostitute for life advice. Later the MC went back to see her to find out that she passed away. Sorry if that’s not enough info to potentially figure out what the book might’ve been.
HellsInfernalRage The second book sounds like Catcher in the Rye, but it’s been many years since I read it.
Night was so emotional
That Backman piece gave me chills. Beautiful.
Bought the book right now. Had to.
I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!
This channel should have a 1M but alas the world is not fair
The last book that made me feel intense emotions was "A Storm of Sword"
Thanks for the video!
I love your work
Best chanel ever, will read all the books mentioned above, you making me read more than write
Thank you so much for this video. I cried a couple times listening to it. I am a first time writer, and this helped me so much in writing my story that I am currently working on. THANK YOU! ❤ ✍
I really needed this. Thank you.
This video conveys the most important lesson for writers. “Writing 101” should start here. Thank you for the outstanding tutorial.
2:29 I can feel this in my core.
It's everywhere, a thousand choices every day and millions every year.
It's frustrating, your energy gets sucked out of you entirely before you even manage to do anything.
Hello Depression! Nice to meet you...again.
It makes me a little sad to say this, but the last time i felt intense emotion from reading was in one of the twighlight books. In the segment where bella fell into depression after edward left. a few chapters were a page long and listed only month names. The sourse of my depression wasnt a break up but i knew the feeling of time slipping by with nothing happening within.
On the stage, I was a singer, a dancer, a musician, and a magician.
This was my theatre that everyone came to. That everyone wanted to see.
"What will the boy perform today?" I hear the audience ponder.
Yes… this is who they wanted to see. Just me, and not the other boy. The one behind the curtain. Silent, but always crying. Sitting, while listening to his tears. Angry, or perhaps afraid.
That other boy is also me.
thank you so much. Your voice is just so calming and I love your advice and I even just listening to it can helo
What insights and depth you possess dear muse
Omg. I have been looking for this type of video essay forever. This is so well done. Subscribed!
Deeply moving
Publishing my book next year 📚 wish me strength
Wow, I’m so glad I found your channel, the way you curate and present your info is stunning and I just found a bunch of new books to read! Thank you!
The only instruction I have followed (long time subscriber and viewer. LOVE YOUR VOICE, your passion for understanding storytelling inspiring)is 'Keep writing" thus far. First time following the other instruction.
The last book to give me a powerful emotional response was The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver. She writes about a military family from Bible Belt USA in the 1950's moving to the Congo.
As someone born and raised in Africa I never thought a white person could capture any piece of my continent so accurately in fictional literature. She does that and more. I've read it twice.
I hesitate to read it again before my first draft is complete but talk about feeling the Emotions. Fantastic. I bought it for my Nigerian mother for Christmas.
okay thanks again for your inspiration guideline for me is to ahead me to next step now,
thankful for the help.
Thank you for all the videos you've done! I stumbled upon this channel when the video on showing vs telling popped up on my feed, and since then I've seen almost all of them. They have helped me a lot! ❤
Little Women has always stuck with me. There have been moments when I hate it for how relatable I find it but at the end of the day it will always be one of my favorite stories.
I grew up wanting to be just like Jo, and not just being a writer. I wanted to have her confidence her ability to unabashedly be herself and not care how it might come across to others. But I as I have grown older I realize I have a lot more in common with Amy.
Someone said that writers don't write, we bleed on the page until there is nothing left of us. Or something similar, and that is honestly how I feel whilst writing my book
To put your deepest darkest secrets on paper or in music, the best thing is, no one can know it's you.
Internally I just made my whole book in my mind while watching your vids
This is probably my favorite video of yours. I come back to it when I'm feeling disinterested with my own writing. It speaks to what I've always hoped I could do with my work. It's the stories with emotional honesty that stick with me and made me want to write in the first place. I have a ton of respect for authors who can translate their personal experiences and inner world into a story that elicits empathy and engaged understanding from a reader. "Hot-making" in writing is capable of changing the reader, but it can be cathartic for the writer.
Thank you so much for your kind words and thoughtful comment! I love how you phrased the importance of stories with emotional honesty. Keep writing. :)
I don’t have any insightful thing to add tbh. I just want to say thank you for the excellent video.
The video contains amazing information. Thank you.
The last book which made me cry was the Warhammer 40,000 Gaunt's Ghosts book Salvation's Reach where one of the most likeable nicest characters is dying of leukaemia Doctor Dorden this is a long-running series which had begun in 1999 and had a book published in it for almost every year since. I cannot emphasise enough how much this line means in the work of 40k. Space Marines are genetically enhanced far beyond humans and when they were created they pretty much become immune to fear. The Emperor of Mankind who is pretty much a god said 'And they shall know no fear.' This is the biggest compliment a character could ever receive in 40k.
Gaunt found Sar Af talking to Dorden. The old medicae looked especially fragile beside the vast Space Marine in his heavy boarding armour
'He is dying,' said Sar Af to Gaunt, as though this was news and come up in conversation.
'I know,' said Gaunt.
'But he is not afraid,' said Sar Af.
'I'm not,' said Dorden.
The White Scar nodded sagely.
He looked at Gaunt.
"And they shall know no fear," he said.
Thanks to you, I have acknowledged what is holding me back from writing a realistic story, I always avoided my true feelings and wrote in a way that I think it should be. If you can't even let your true self be immersed in your own story, who will be then?
Love the collection of so many great books you put in the video. I fall for both the aesthetics of their covers and their touching contents. Like my soul was pulled inside out for 28:46 minutes straight when you read those excerpts.
Please keep up with your amazing work. I love your channel and your advices always work for me.
(English is not my first language, so pls ignore my grammar mistakes ~)
Mark Zuzak’s The Book Thief.
It was about death and the beauty of life and how they both coexist with each other. It was a Holocaust story but from the view of a German girl. They take in a Jewish man and have to hide him; although that sounds like a really cliché plot, I cried at the end of the book, because I had gotten attached to the characters, and they felt real and it’s what finally made me really understand how much of a tragedy WWII was for *everyone*. Not just the Jewish. The world was suffering and in the end they suffered with it. It was a really, really good book.
“girl interrupted” Susanna Kaysen (probably butchered her name) the one segment about the girl who goes to solitary confinement always tugs on my heart
¡That was so mind-opening! Thank you.
Always a treat to watch your videos, you definitely deserve more views. You should try reading the wandering inn it’s a webnovel completely different to any genre even different compared to wattpad’s novels. It has a world that in my opinion can rival game of thrones, the witcher or harry potter.
You should have a look at Flaubert works like Madame Bovary then read Salambo. That when I understood why he is consider a master writter. He put you in the mood of scene.
This is not only a wonderful video but I got so many book recommendations from it, thank you ☺️💖
Wonderful and so well presented!
Great video! Taught me so much about an upcoming project
18:40: "STOP THIS, CONNOR O'MALLEY," -dumbledore said calmly- the monster said gently
The last time a story left me with my mouth dragging the floor was when I was in college and had to read a short story from an anthology. The story was called "The Stone Boy". The boy's reaction to accidentally killing his brother blew my mind.
Your videos are soooo good! Please never ever stop making them xoxo
Sylvia Plath. our class just knows her as that poem person but her story is so much deeper.
I relate so much to this video, thank you. 💝
I cried for three days at the end of Fiona Valpy's The Beekeeper's Promise. This was because I know my father witnessed the Nazi atrocities that Fiona writes about. My dad was a deeply sensitive man and it upset me to think that he saw such terrible sights. She is a brilliant World War 2 writer. Her books are so thoroughly researched that in her fiction, there is nowhere to run from reality.
Thank you for the inspiring video!
I am a newbie writer, and after listening to this video I believe that I've cleared, even if only partially, one of my writer's blocks.
Idea: write journal entries based on the emotion(s) of the day, not about the events. Instead of "I couldn't find my sandals today and I was sad. I looked for hours," write "I was mortally depressed. The anguish like none other I could recall. Who took them? Why would they take them. Why am I this attached to them? This because I couldn't find my sandals for three days? Ridiculous, yet true. I started blaming everyone... except myself."
This changed me greatly. Thanks for the tips!
I'm also very happy that you brought up Fredrick! One of my all time favorite authors! A Man Named Ove has brought me to tears and made reflect on so many things in my life. I am very grateful that I randomly picked up that book at Barnes & Noble.
This video is brilliant! Absolutely love it! Thank you so much for making this! 💕
Sylvia Plath described very well the feelings and thoughts of a obsessive person.
I'm glad you're still uploading great writing content :)
This content is very helpful. Thank you so much!
This is one of your best so far. So good!
Once again, a brilliant video with many unique eye-openers! And in a time I really needed this insight for the sake of my writing quality, thank you.
It ends with us made me cry...
Instagram addicts probably understand Sylvia Plath's fig metaphor all too well. Thanks for another great video!
Apposing forces can exist together in harmony
It is typical for one to think they can only have one, that there is only one path and one right
But there are many rights and parts can be woven together.
You can be a mother. And travel. You have a long life, but you also have the power to have everything you want in some shape or form to the degree that you can stand in a blissful moment having achieved what you want.
We are in a constant state of moving, and therefore we will not find a forever bliss. But we can savor each moment we find.
This has changed my writing. Thank you.
Your blunt presentation of information is refreshing and an excellent reference for all writers. Keep up the great work!
The last book that made me feel intense emotions was, "Red, White and Royal Blue" by Casey Mcquiston. It's a truly wonderful book that gave me so much joy, that I could never put it into words. I fell in love with the characters, and their inner conflicts reflected my own in a lot of ways. ❤️❤️❤️
I adore that book!!! Loved it so much I read it twice, which is rare for me.
Me too!! I also read it twice!❤️🙌
Only four minutes in and this is amazing . . . Subscribed! 😎