Hello raconteurs! Today we switch from dialogue to monologue, writing a story from the first person point of view. Remember, the “I” in your story doesn’t have to be you. Maybe your narrator is an extremely unreliable person. Maybe he or she is going to take us back in time a bit (“it all started the week after finals, my freshman year of college …”). Maybe the “I” in your story is a fly on the wall, giving us a first-hand account of a famous event. Or of a completely fictional event.
Day 19 Prompt: “Tell A Story ‘Direct To Camera.’ This is probably going to be in first person. Write as if you’re writing to your best friend, or talking directly to a police officer, or relaying this to a room of strangers.”
For inspiration and ideas for opening your story, check out some of the true (though I suspect in some cases embellished) stories at The Moth.