🪡 April Assignment Thread: Modern Romance (due today!)
So excited to read these!
Hi friends! This is a thread just for you, my paid subscribers.
Quick note: I’m pausing written assignments for the summer, but don’t worry, we have another writing workshop coming up soon (and you’ll still get access to all my paywalled essays).
You can post whatever you wrote in response to April’s On Assignment prompt in the comments below — or you can simply talk about your experience or unload your thoughts. It doesn’t have to be a polished piece. Feel free to read my own essay on the topic here:
Essay: Woman & the Manic Pixie Fuckbois
It’s early summer and my musician boyfriend is sobbing in my arms. He’s crazy about me, he says, but he’s not sure we should be together because we have such different hobbies. I don’t know it yet, but he'll circle back in two months and read me long entries from his journal detailing the reasons for his avoidant attachment in an attempt to woo me back. But for now, he’s crying because I don’t love live music enough. The next day, my