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WHATS THE BOOK NAME!!!

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hi elle!

thank you for keeping this newsletter inclusive to all of your subscribers. i actually can't afford to pay for it so i am quite enthusiatstic.

and in fact i am so angry to know what she has done, who even paid to copy all your writing and tried to exact your personality through the emojis and the substack name you used. i saw your instagram stories and was appalled..somehow i can't move on from such incidents.

i am an intj girlie like you except i didn't really like book lovers, i am not like nora indifferent to you always hyping them up on your instagram but i know what it's like to be an intj who knows that mbti is not everything and someone who feels she is unlikeable a lot because that's almost my only experience lol(i could sob haha). i don't want to sound strange or like who-the-hell-is-she, but when i read what you write, i feel a warm infj speaking to me. maybe that's how you express your creative, human, and vulnerable side. it's comforting because you didn't delete yourself off the internet and when i read those words above, it was shattering. really!

coming to the unlikeable characters that you've written, recently i've started writing a short story for myself and felt so uncomfortable to write the character because she's going to be based on me and didn't feel like facing or exposing myself because i am anyway unlikeable to others, so why bother at all. i think learning about your thoughts and growth in this newsletter, i feel lifted from my supression.

i feel a lot of imposter syndrome that i wouldn't ever dare to write something on the internet let alone call it mine but recently i've been giving myself more space to be expressive on the internet even though i am 25 and still haven't found any community or a bunch of people eagerly awaiting my work. i guess i also lost the meaning to be actually doing it for myself in between. it became about others. blurry lines.

thanks for sharing this with us( i mean me lol).

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Elle what you shared on your social medias actually lit my dying passion for literature. Because of you I read novels again, read articles, and remembered my passion for writing. I am still learning, but thank you for sharing and caring ♥

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Hi Elle, first i would like to say i dont actually comment on anything so i apologise if this sounds eerie or disconcerting in any way (also im not a native english speaker so excuse my lack of vocab but i hope to put this in the right way). Im totally addicted to reading every piece you write on substacks, i subscribed recently since your posts alredy intrigated me a lot. Nevertheless your "articles", mainly the more personal ones where you express your mind bring me such an heartwarming feeling and your writting is professional level therefore im satisfied to confirm youre in fact a writter.

I feel some kind of identification with a lot of what you write and i think thats why it brings me comfort, so i wanted to thank you for the kindness of giving me this opportunity (i dont mean in a strange way i swear). Im sorry youre going through this, its truly distressing (speaking from experience) but i really hope you continue posting and finding joy in writting.

Wishing you well, and i would love to read your takes on other movies! (im obssessed with films lol)

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I've been a silent follower but I just have to say that your writing is genuinely very very touching, I'm glad I stumbled upon your ig and substack (:

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You are my favorite person on the internet, Elle. Please don’t you ever stop.

Also, I would give anything to read your books, can’t wait for you to start sharing your fiction again <3

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I just finished Yellowjackets last week! I hope you can share your thoughts on the show and the characters and their roles too in another newsletter.

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