Shakespeare would have it wrong these days. It's not the world that's the stage - it's social media, where you're trying to put on a show. The rest of your life is rehearsals, prepping in the wings to be fabulous online.

Memory is curated. All this paraphernalia you collect to ward off forgetting

Only other people can make you feel real.

It's hard to get justice in the real world. It's possible in fiction.

She would disappear folded like origami into her own dreams

There are only so many plots in the world. It's how they unfold that makes them interesting.

Can't reinvent the wheel. But you can put your own spin on it.