First Draft - Mona Simpson
First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing
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How Julie Shifts Points of View
As you're telling the story about these three children, you're shifting points of view all the time. And as a reader, I really prefer the worlds of Third Person narrators who are seen. So I wanted that fluidity. I wanted that nimbleness. There's even some characters who aren't the central three, like the mother's friend. Of course, friendship is never simple either. Julie always had a sort of, it was a romantic friendship for her in some ways. She always admired her colleague and friend, Diane, and was aware that Diane had these kids so she couldn't impose on her too much. But she really loved that friendship. Now in Diane's
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