I am listening to a book about writing and it talks about character archetypes, like lovers, outlaws, sages, heroes, anti-heroes etc. And the author claims that archetypes are very different from stereotypes, although the explanation is kind of very convincing at the time, but afterwards, I think I still feel it's not so clear. I … Continue reading Archetype vs. Prototype vs. Stereotype
Month: August 2024
A Great Love Story Unwritten And Unread
Sometimes I can imagine myself attending my parents’ wedding and shouting at them, “please don’t. Don’t do that. Please do not create a hell for yourselves and for others.” And they heed my warning and believe me and part their ways, happily staying friends ever after, happily living their separate lives knowing that they are … Continue reading A Great Love Story Unwritten And Unread
The Underlying Messages Are So Different
I went to the grocery store last weekend and picked up a book from a three layered table display with books all piled on each layer, deliberately disorganized. I don’t want to mention the book’s name or the author’s name since I don’t like to say negative things about a living author. I prefer gentle … Continue reading The Underlying Messages Are So Different
A Game Of Confidence
I am feeling a little uncomfortable with myself when I think of this, but I can’t get rid of this feeling. I met Dodo last weekend again in the store and she talked about her kids. How intelligent is her son and how sweet is her daughter. She ranted, holding my hand as if I … Continue reading A Game Of Confidence
Saturday’s Busy Void
Have you ever found that you are busy for an entire day, but in the end, around the midnight, you realize that you have achieved nothing. Busy for the sake of being busy. Rushing here and there just for the purpose of satisfying an inner demon of self torture or some other kind of inexplicable … Continue reading Saturday’s Busy Void
The Impulse To Say Something
I just zoomed with a girl who didn’t like her Asian looks. Actually she didn’t explicitly say it, but I understood that she felt her looks made it hard for her to fit in, made her stand out in a negative way. She tried not to attract attention to herself because most of the attentions … Continue reading The Impulse To Say Something
When I Have Nothing To Write For Today
Another Sunday comes and goes, and I’ve done nothing except running to the stores, making a batch of soy milk, rising three cups of dough with a yeast packet, read the first half of a book that complains about modern love but disguised as a love story, bought three audible books on sale, which I … Continue reading When I Have Nothing To Write For Today
My First Relationship Heartache (Part 3)
This is the 3rd part of the story. The previous parts are here: 1st, 2nd. Now looking back, I think she was trying to make connections with me through stories of her family. Talking about her family made her feel she was being intimate with me. I should reciprocate with my own family stories, but … Continue reading My First Relationship Heartache (Part 3)
My First Relationship Heartache (Part 2)
(This is the 2nd part of the story. The 1st part is here.) As if she was deliberately trying to annoy me, she talked about her family all the time. I was not so much jealous of her good fortune as I was terribly bored since I had no family story to tell to reciprocate … Continue reading My First Relationship Heartache (Part 2)
My First Relationship Heartache (Flash Fiction Part 1)
Flash Fiction #178 Many years ago, I attended a boarding high school hundreds of miles away from home. My parents didn’t want me to go, but I insisted on it. The school was well known for its bad food, worn out dorms, rigid rules, and indifferent teachers. It would have discouraged any normal people from … Continue reading My First Relationship Heartache (Flash Fiction Part 1)
It Is A Mind Battle
I feel that every day I am wallowing in writing mistakes and can’t crawl out of it. Is this another trap? This feeling is punctuated by the thoughts that I am criticizing myself too much. The problem is that my brain seems to have a mind of its own. It doesn’t really follow my instructions. … Continue reading It Is A Mind Battle
Explaining Cultural Differences (Flash Fiction)
Flash Fiction #177 I was living in a house, named International House, on a semi rural and semi urban campus in Pennsylvania , which only accepted one or two people from the same country. So we ended up having a mixture of people from Asia, Africa, South America, Eastern Europe. Among us, there was one … Continue reading Explaining Cultural Differences (Flash Fiction)
Haoyan Do 