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Why writers obsessively revisit the same emotional territory

I have written three different versions of what is basically the same story about a woman leaving her husband and I cannot figure out why I keep returning to it

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Repetitive themes often signal unresolved psychological material seeking artistic resolution.

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