StillStunned
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Or maybe focus on something other than *I*, *I*, *I*. Have you ever considered why songs like Eleanor Rigby are so highly regarded? Because they break the pattern of songs that are all about "this is all about me and my feelings".
Even if you're writing in the first person, try focusing on what's happening with other people, what they're doing, what they might be thinking.
Readers aren't likely to identify much with a narrator who keeps telling them what they're feeling and thinking. But a narrator who lets them guess what's happening around them, how they're affecting other people, that's much more appealing.
Even if you're writing in the first person, try focusing on what's happening with other people, what they're doing, what they might be thinking.
Readers aren't likely to identify much with a narrator who keeps telling them what they're feeling and thinking. But a narrator who lets them guess what's happening around them, how they're affecting other people, that's much more appealing.