These are great reflections. As you know, this part resonates deeply: "Then my unlucky fate, the long illness and death of my mother, took a lot of the attention I needed away from me, and I had to keep growing up and being formed without family attention. My dad turned away from me without really meaning to; I think he was desperately trying to take care of himself."
I'm also wondering if you might need a developmental edit? They can work wonders.
Hmm, interesting. Your introspection makes me wonder whether my mother's prolonged dying from when I was 16 through 21 left me feeling like no one was attending to my needs during this formative period of my life. I never really thought about it that way. Perhaps my HEAVY drinking was not only a way to numb myself, but also an attention grab. Neat. Good luck on your next stage of revisions. I Doubt I would have it in me.
I hope that wasn't me lol 🙈
These are great reflections. As you know, this part resonates deeply: "Then my unlucky fate, the long illness and death of my mother, took a lot of the attention I needed away from me, and I had to keep growing up and being formed without family attention. My dad turned away from me without really meaning to; I think he was desperately trying to take care of himself."
I'm also wondering if you might need a developmental edit? They can work wonders.
Maybe! I'll get through these revisions eventually and then decide about that.
Hmm, interesting. Your introspection makes me wonder whether my mother's prolonged dying from when I was 16 through 21 left me feeling like no one was attending to my needs during this formative period of my life. I never really thought about it that way. Perhaps my HEAVY drinking was not only a way to numb myself, but also an attention grab. Neat. Good luck on your next stage of revisions. I Doubt I would have it in me.
Thank you. I'm sure your mother's and your ordeal had a profound effect on you. Sorry you too had to go through that.
I’m interested to see how you revise to sharpen this theme!
Thank you! So am I...
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