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Every love story is a potential grief story. If not at first, then later. If not for one, then for the other. Sometimes, for both.
—Julian Barnes, Levels of Life
Although I can claim no awareness of a comprehensive survey on the topic, it’s been my impression as I reflect on the novels I’ve read that an all-too-common way of portraying grief in fiction is as a trope to depict vulnerability, to suggest the character possesses some profound awareness of loss, sorrow, suffering, and thus the human condition writ large, providing a signal to the reader that your character has some gravitas. This can be done reasonably well, as in the first example below, or it can come across as a contrivance, a shortcut, a gimmick.
https://writerunboxed.com/2026/05/08/what-we-write-about-when-we-write-about-grief/

#Process #REALWORLD #death #DeniseMina #DonaldHall

#process #realworld #death #denisemina #donaldhall

IndieAuthors.Social News @[email protected] · 2026-05-08 · 07:02 UTC

What We Write About When We Write About Grief

Every love story is a potential grief story. If not at first, then later. If not for one, then for the other. Sometimes, for both.
—Julian Barnes, Levels of Life
Although I can claim no awareness of a comprehensive survey on the topic, it’s been my impression as I reflect on the novels I’ve read that an all-too-common way of portraying grief in fiction is as a trope to depict vulnerability, to suggest the character possesses some profound awareness of loss, sorrow, suffering, and thus the human condition writ large, providing a signal to the reader that your character has some gravitas. This can be done reasonably well, as in the first example below, or it can come across as a contrivance, a shortcut, a gimmick.
https://writerunboxed.com/2026/05/08/what-we-write-about-when-we-write-about-grief/

#Process #REALWORLD #death #DeniseMina #DonaldHall

#process #realworld #death #denisemina #donaldhall

IndieAuthors.Social News @[email protected] · 2026-05-08 · 07:02 UTC

What We Write About When We Write About Grief

Every love story is a potential grief story. If not at first, then later. If not for one, then for the other. Sometimes, for both.
—Julian Barnes, Levels of Life
Although I can claim no awareness of a comprehensive survey on the topic, it’s been my impression as I reflect on the novels I’ve read that an all-too-common way of portraying grief in fiction is as a trope to depict vulnerability, to suggest the character possesses some profound awareness of loss, sorrow, suffering, and thus the human condition writ large, providing a signal to the reader that your character has some gravitas. This can be done reasonably well, as in the first example below, or it can come across as a contrivance, a shortcut, a gimmick.
https://writerunboxed.com/2026/05/08/what-we-write-about-when-we-write-about-grief/

#Process #REALWORLD #death #DeniseMina #DonaldHall

#process #realworld #death #denisemina #donaldhall

IndieAuthors.Social News @[email protected] · 2026-05-08 · 07:02 UTC

What We Write About When We Write About Grief

Every love story is a potential grief story. If not at first, then later. If not for one, then for the other. Sometimes, for both.
—Julian Barnes, Levels of Life
Although I can claim no awareness of a comprehensive survey on the topic, it’s been my impression as I reflect on the novels I’ve read that an all-too-common way of portraying grief in fiction is as a trope to depict vulnerability, to suggest the character possesses some profound awareness of loss, sorrow, suffering, and thus the human condition writ large, providing a signal to the reader that your character has some gravitas. This can be done reasonably well, as in the first example below, or it can come across as a contrivance, a shortcut, a gimmick.
https://writerunboxed.com/2026/05/08/what-we-write-about-when-we-write-about-grief/

#Process #REALWORLD #death #DeniseMina #DonaldHall

#process #realworld #death #denisemina #donaldhall

The Lifeboat Academy @[email protected] · 2026-01-21 · 15:59 UTC

That initial jolt when something true breaks through can feel unsettling. But it often tells a longer story — about how much effort went into maintaining what no longer fits.

Disillusionment isn’t a personal failure. It’s a collective threshold many are crossing right now, often without much language for it.

Full reflection for this week here: https://emotus.substack.com/p/when-we-stop-pretending-part-i

#WhenWeStopPretending #Disillusionment #SystemsLiteracy #DonaldJames

#whenwestoppretending #disillusionment #systemsliteracy #donaldjames

The Lifeboat Academy @[email protected] · 2026-01-21 · 15:59 UTC

That initial jolt when something true breaks through can feel unsettling. But it often tells a longer story — about how much effort went into maintaining what no longer fits.

Disillusionment isn’t a personal failure. It’s a collective threshold many are crossing right now, often without much language for it.

Full reflection for this week here: https://emotus.substack.com/p/when-we-stop-pretending-part-i

#WhenWeStopPretending #Disillusionment #SystemsLiteracy #DonaldJames

#whenwestoppretending #disillusionment #systemsliteracy #donaldjames

The Lifeboat Academy @[email protected] · 2026-01-21 · 15:59 UTC

That initial jolt when something true breaks through can feel unsettling. But it often tells a longer story — about how much effort went into maintaining what no longer fits.

Disillusionment isn’t a personal failure. It’s a collective threshold many are crossing right now, often without much language for it.

Full reflection for this week here: https://emotus.substack.com/p/when-we-stop-pretending-part-i

#WhenWeStopPretending #Disillusionment #SystemsLiteracy #DonaldJames

#whenwestoppretending #disillusionment #systemsliteracy #donaldjames

Don Harper @duckunix · 2024-11-10 · 03:20 UTC

P52-299 : Even in the Darkness, Keep Looking Up from https://www.donaldharper.com/posts/2024/11/09/

#photography #darktable #Cell Phone #Shadows #Trees #clouds #p52