I find that in a lot of novels, exaggerated state-of-mind is an attempt to substitute for the fact that there's simply not enough happening. Not enough plot. Minor neurotic conflict, either interior or with another character, may give the writer something to say, and give the impression of forward momentum, but that doesn't mean the reader's having an interesting time. Too much introspection is often as tiresome in a character as it is in an acquaintance. Don't you just long to say to some people, in books as in life: 'Stop endlessly analysing yourself. Get out there and take a risk' Or more succinctly: 'Fuck your feelings.'
Super interesting to think about….my mind immediately goes to people who say they’re gonna kill themselves over minor things, usually in a jokey way. Ever since my mom’s crisis, I receive that joke very differently.
I find that in a lot of novels, exaggerated state-of-mind is an attempt to substitute for the fact that there's simply not enough happening. Not enough plot. Minor neurotic conflict, either interior or with another character, may give the writer something to say, and give the impression of forward momentum, but that doesn't mean the reader's having an interesting time. Too much introspection is often as tiresome in a character as it is in an acquaintance. Don't you just long to say to some people, in books as in life: 'Stop endlessly analysing yourself. Get out there and take a risk' Or more succinctly: 'Fuck your feelings.'
Super interesting to think about….my mind immediately goes to people who say they’re gonna kill themselves over minor things, usually in a jokey way. Ever since my mom’s crisis, I receive that joke very differently.
lol, I say it to myself all the time
Its true. The words start to take on more meaning than they did. We realize they actually matter…