ellis.victor•3d agoMost Upvoted

I always hated first-person stories until I tried one about a haunted laundromat

For years I swore by third person limited. Thought first person was too limiting or narcissistic or whatever. Then last week I wrote a quick 500 word flash piece from the perspective of a guy whose washing machine keeps eating his socks but he's too broke to replace it. Something clicked. The voice felt alive and the story practically wrote itself. Has anyone else had a sudden switch like that where a narrative style you dismissed just worked out of nowhere?

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victor_adams953d ago

A haunted laundromat?" That's the weirdest hook I've ever heard.

haydenp953d ago

victor_adams95 that haunted laundromat idea is way less weird than it sounds, trust me. I actually think first person works best for weird scenarios because you can just dive into the character's head without explaining everything. The washing machine story you mentioned is exactly the kind of thing that made me stop hating first person too. It feels like the narrator is telling you their insane story over bad coffee.