THE NARRATIVE ARC

Dreaming of the Habitats of Ex-Boyfriends

A hermit crab essay

Christine Schoenwald
Published in
6 min readJan 10, 2024

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A young woman in a white flowy dress, standing on a cliff, and looking out onto the sea.
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DREAM JOURNAL

Last night, I dreamed about Seth. Well, that’s not entirely true. He was in the dream, but he wasn’t the focus. Most of the dream centered on a beach shack.

Seth was living there, although, to my knowledge, he’s never slept on the beach…

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Christine Schoenwald
The Narrative Arc

Writer for The Los Angeles Times, Salon, Next Avenue, Business Insider, and Your Tango Christineschoenwaldwriter.com