Summary: Psychologist who can help explain the appeal of Colleen Hoover books

  • Name: Kelsey Weekman
  • Category: Lifestyle and Entertainment
  • Email
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  • Media Outlet: Yahoo
  • Deadline: 12:00 PM ET – 27 October

Query: Hey! I’m writing a story about people who love Colleen Hoover books and their movie adaptations and something that keeps coming up is the emotional arc of it all — her stories can be very romantic but very tragic.⁣​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌​​​​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​⁣ Can you help me decode why people might be drawn to love stories that involve “tragedy?” What does that do for us psychologically? I don’t necessarily want to say “tragedy porn” but that is a term that has come up!

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