Lucky Girl - Completed

She's been focused on other things which is really really good for her. I think without a boy in her life - we already know she's inclined to obsess over romance and shape her whole life around it - she might be more inclined to discover who she actually is. The challenge for her is to keep herself steady, and learn how to be resilient as she's leaning into alcohol as as crutch whenever she feels unsteady.

it's so cool!! And thank you for this, it really means a lot to hear it. I understand the fear, honestly. You mentioned what your degree was in our private messages on tumblr, and I never responded, but actually I did almost exactly the same degree (and now work in that field). I imagine we have the same training in story and archetypes, I did a load of Jungian stuff and studies of the enneagram test which I've found generally helpful when writing, and I totally get the desire to lean into concepts like that because they've truly worked well for forever. I think if I were writing a screenplay I'd definitely think more about those kinds of things, but writing something like a novel or a story like this one feels very different to me somehow. I also feel intense guilt when it gets a bit dark, but I have to follow the natural progression of it. Sometimes it just feels like Evie would do these things, so I let her do them even if they lead her into strange places.

oh and believe me, me too. I want to give her a good shake all the time.