Alison writes:
> You know, when I write in the second person, it's usually me. The third
> person is usually me, too. The first person is usually someone else.
> This is why fiction is enormously freeing, because none of the persons
> bear any resemblance to anyone, living or dead, except by accident
>
This is true of me, too. There's something in Freud somewhere that says the
'I' of the dreamer isn't necessarily the 'I' of the dream, but may
correspond to some other figure in the dream. And there's also Eliot's
remark about writing as a means of escape from personality.
Best wishes
Matthew
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