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When writing in first person (fiction, memoir, whatever), you’re writing from the “I” perspective and the point-of-view of the main character/narrator. So it’s about impossible to write without using the word “I,” of course.
But there can be a tendency to slip into self-narration. I did this, I did that, I saw this, I heard that.
My publisher calls them “I-bombs.” Chuck Palahniuk (Fight Club, Diary) says “submerge the I.” We don’t walk around our daily lives self-narrating every action we take or thought that crosses our mind.
So how does this translate to writing? Let’s take a look.
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