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When I decided to write the book that would become
How to Fall in Love With Anyone, I really struggled with the question of form. I knew I wanted to write about love stories. I knew the idea — an exploration of the gap between how we talk about love and how we actually practice it — was big enough for a book. I wanted the book to be both personal and well-researched.
But what will it look like? I kept wondering.
What exactly will it contain? I could sense the forest, but there were no trees.
Book-length personal narratives are often classified as memoir, but memoirs are about people’s lives and my book wasn’t really about me. My experience was just a starting point...