#like some of the most evocative amateur poetry I've read from classmates | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

jemandrr · 1 year

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The problem with tumblr literature is occasionally I get a flash of remembrance of some small aspect or technique and have no way to remember what the entire story was and find it. It makes it all the more magical to run into it again but also all the more haunting to grasp at the wisps dancing at my fingertips.

Like I remember in freshman year of college, introductory creative writing, we brushed briefly over when you might write in first or third person and I mentioned that one of my favorite stories was written in second person. I did not remember how to find it then, though I’m sure I had a good grasp of what it was like at the time, and while I’m sure I’ve reread it since, every now and then I get a random pang and remember that I said that in class once and it makes me wonder what story it was.

#also my suspension of disbelief is extremely unusually strong so i can vibe with stuff very easily #so 2nd person stories in general don't have the same barriers for me that I imagine they do for most lay readers #there is zero element of actually feeling like I have to fit into the 'You' as an addressee to get into the world #and while i think most tumblr lit fans are able to approach things like that as well #my understanding is that most people have no reading comprehension or willingness to embrace random fiction if it clashes with #them at all #which is disappointing because I've often found that amateur or niche media I like gets dismissed or glossed over by most #like some of the most evocative amateur poetry I've read from classmates #were the ones where most of the class were like i dont get it i didnt grow up in the american south #and like urgh it helps me understand how some things have to be beat over peoples head #and also why some media is intentionally bland when introducing otherwise potentially unfamiliar ideas to people #but anyways i think fun 2nd person fiction often has such unique texture and i feel bad that most people probably don't get to experience it #like they don't end up in a place to be exposed to it and if they do they probably still don't feel it that deeply on average?#and its so hard to maintain a balance of not wanting to underestimate the average person and #also learning the hard way over and over again that things I try to write or to introduce people to end up with just a lot of question marks #in response

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