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Origin As Playful Voice
- George Saunders began Victory Lap as a playful stream-of-consciousness from a teenage girl's voice.
- He revised obsessively, cutting and tuning jokes until the piece found shape and momentum.
Sweet Voice Meets Dark Stakes
- The story combines a lighthearted interior monologue with a darker plot about an attempted abduction.
- Saunders uses that contrast to examine whether teen moral certainties survive real danger.
Improv Unlocks Authentic Voice
- Saunders builds voice by inhabiting characters and riffing in an improv-like overflow mode.
- That technique lets subconscious material surface and produces authentic-sounding interior monologue.