When we write in the first person, how separate are we from the character whose story we're telling? When Leo says "I cracked the guard across the back of his skull, the cross leaving a little scorch mark in his hair." is Leo really a separate entity from me? Or has he become a transference of myself? Is the story just a series of interesting events to put Leo through, or is there a part of me that wishes I could live this story? Is Leo my avatar in this impossible world? If I delete the text files that Leo exists in, have I then killed a part of myself?
This is what i think about at 4 AM.
Monday, February 16, 2009
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