Jamie Hood

where I do feel cliche or conventional. You know, like, I think that I was very resistant to the conventional trauma memoir arc. But there is something that felt very healing about it, about writing the book, about coming to terms with these experiences, about being in therapy over them. You know, like, I was able to say, like, oh, actually, like, I have so much to offer the world.

where I do feel cliche or conventional. You know, like, I think that I was very resistant to the conventional trauma memoir arc. But there is something that felt very healing about it, about writing the book, about coming to terms with these experiences, about being in therapy over them. You know, like, I was able to say, like, oh, actually, like, I have so much to offer the world.

Like, I'm a person. Like, I'm a whole person. Isn't that crazy? You know, because I had never really understood that before. Yeah. And to be able to say, like, you know, maybe one meaning I'm going to make is to put a book out that's going to make other people feel less alone. Maybe that's one meaning of my life.

Like, I'm a person. Like, I'm a whole person. Isn't that crazy? You know, because I had never really understood that before. Yeah. And to be able to say, like, you know, maybe one meaning I'm going to make is to put a book out that's going to make other people feel less alone. Maybe that's one meaning of my life.

Like, I'm a person. Like, I'm a whole person. Isn't that crazy? You know, because I had never really understood that before. Yeah. And to be able to say, like, you know, maybe one meaning I'm going to make is to put a book out that's going to make other people feel less alone. Maybe that's one meaning of my life.

Another meaning would be that, like, I could be loved and I could love others, you know. And these are meanings that I'm, like, learning to make and that I hadn't really been able to conceptualize before. I'm sorry. I'm tearing up.

Another meaning would be that, like, I could be loved and I could love others, you know. And these are meanings that I'm, like, learning to make and that I hadn't really been able to conceptualize before. I'm sorry. I'm tearing up.

Another meaning would be that, like, I could be loved and I could love others, you know. And these are meanings that I'm, like, learning to make and that I hadn't really been able to conceptualize before. I'm sorry. I'm tearing up.

It's okay. I noticed. I'm sorry for making you cry. No, no, no. It's all right.

It's okay. I noticed. I'm sorry for making you cry. No, no, no. It's all right.

It's okay. I noticed. I'm sorry for making you cry. No, no, no. It's all right.

I'm just really receiving what you're saying. It's okay.

I'm just really receiving what you're saying. It's okay.

I'm just really receiving what you're saying. It's okay.

Well, I mean, I hope I'm kind of doing it. I don't know. I mean, it's a funny question because this book was not an easy sell. There's a very recognizable narrative arc for a lot of those memoirs, and there are many that I have read and loved. But there's an idea. It's like I'm sort of I'm living my usual life. And then this horrible thing happens to me and it takes me to this awful place.

Well, I mean, I hope I'm kind of doing it. I don't know. I mean, it's a funny question because this book was not an easy sell. There's a very recognizable narrative arc for a lot of those memoirs, and there are many that I have read and loved. But there's an idea. It's like I'm sort of I'm living my usual life. And then this horrible thing happens to me and it takes me to this awful place.

Well, I mean, I hope I'm kind of doing it. I don't know. I mean, it's a funny question because this book was not an easy sell. There's a very recognizable narrative arc for a lot of those memoirs, and there are many that I have read and loved. But there's an idea. It's like I'm sort of I'm living my usual life. And then this horrible thing happens to me and it takes me to this awful place.

But then I get better. Right. Like that's kind of the arc. And that's the that is how narrative often operates. Right. Like there's a conflict and then a resolution of the conflict after backstory happens. And, you know, I did feel constrained. And what I wanted to do was to, like, fight against that and to sort of challenge myself to not prettify the story in order to fit accepted form, I guess.

But then I get better. Right. Like that's kind of the arc. And that's the that is how narrative often operates. Right. Like there's a conflict and then a resolution of the conflict after backstory happens. And, you know, I did feel constrained. And what I wanted to do was to, like, fight against that and to sort of challenge myself to not prettify the story in order to fit accepted form, I guess.

But then I get better. Right. Like that's kind of the arc. And that's the that is how narrative often operates. Right. Like there's a conflict and then a resolution of the conflict after backstory happens. And, you know, I did feel constrained. And what I wanted to do was to, like, fight against that and to sort of challenge myself to not prettify the story in order to fit accepted form, I guess.