Because people love the title there is something there, and there is something cathartic there. If i could write something that shows people like this that they are seen, where they feel they are hiding or not living up to their potential, I’ve got something on my hands.
For myself, I love reading books that have concepts that make it clear the theme and then deliver on that on a micro and macro level. Let’s create this.
The stories - these are of fears or hope
We tell ourselves - this is our self talk
To silence - to make us happy with status quo and just accepting what is there
Our dreams - crushing the idealism and the childish, creative curious ways that we could be looking at the world, rather than the cold hard logic of what must be functional.
This could be family guy - cutaway gags
This could be like DWB - where he dreams but you only know at the end, real life bleeds into it (could also reverse - bleeds back into reality)
Or it could be like the secret life of Walter Mitty - it’s very clearly a dream, and then
Tropes - things that would happen within a a story.
It doesn't need to be in everything I write.
But the main plot points need to have about story and how it's impacting what they tell themselves.