Indefatigable, that’s the only word. Under cover of darkness, Leila crept out and made her way via, alleyways and byways and the odd back yard – truth be told – to gain access to the catacombs of LS Towers. There she picked out another Rerun suggestion – and (and you didn’t hear this from me) a stale Twinkie that she had secreted in the survival section. Anyway, once the dust dry crumbs had been coughed away this is what she said:
There’s a heavy load toted by our first person MC’s. There are people who disrespect use of the first person approach, they say it is too easy. There are also people who are fools. Not coincidentally, my research shows that the percentage of people who disrespect the first person and that of fools in general is the same. But maybe I ought to leave personalities out of this, starting with my own.
Anyway, Mr. Richardson’s first person story A Life on Track blows away the addle-minded arguments against first person writing. Richardson’s MC is a complicated person whose thoughts often contradict his other thoughts, and is one who expresses emotions through the side doors of his personality. By such I mean, he isn’t always frank with his own self. This provides tension; for the reader is better off when the MC’s interpretations cannot always be trusted.
Q: Please explain the inspiration behind the story?
Q: You were able to convey complex thoughts in a naturalistic manner. It never comes off written. Was this something that just came about, or did you have to reconfigure high thoughts into plainer language in effort to maintain realism?
Leila Allison
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Matthews responses:
Q: You were able to convey complex thoughts in a naturalistic manner. It never comes off written. Was this something that just came about, or did you have to reconfigure high thoughts into plainer language in effort to maintain realism?
It certainly helped that my first-person narrator was an educated and relatively erudite person. This gave me licence to marry his growing insanity and paranoia to a reasoning that I hoped would go at least part of the way towards convincing the reader that my protagonist’s response to redundancy was proportionate and logical.
literally stories 
My thanks to Mr. Richardson for his story and replies. Now if someone could help me find my glasses…
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Hi Leila,
Excellent as usual.
It must be tempting to ask manys a writer about the inspiration of a story but you’ve judged this one superbly to get the best response.
Matthew,
I enjoyed your mentioning of Waverly Station. Thinking on that place makes me smile. I’ve never had a bad night out in Edinburgh!
Brilliant answers overall!!
Hugh
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