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The Oddity of a Second-Person Narrative

The Oddity of a Second-Person Narrative

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Jen Knox
Mar 10, 2010
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You write a story in second person, and you think you will have your audience experiencing all that you desire, bending to your every whim, tripping old folks on the subway, eating aged Gouda and dri…

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