04-02-2013, 02:54 PM
(04-02-2013, 08:24 AM)serge gurkski Wrote:(04-02-2013, 08:03 AM)Leanne Wrote: I like using I -- I just hate using I and having people assume that it's meJust a quickie:
I just love people readiig me never really knowing if the I in my poem is me. ,-)
Yes, Serge, I encourage readers to think it's me because
the supposition of reality makes the poem more interesting.
In reality it usually IS me because I'm not that good at
writing fiction: I NEED real examples from my life.
This doesn't mean I don't lie, it's just that the way I lie
is to paste together events from different times and to use
details from friends, enemies, girlfriends, and wife
(not to mention frogs, trees, and/or whatever happens to be
in the immediate vicinity). BTW, this is why I much prefer
2nd tense. (And also why I don't write 1st person about
serial killers.)
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