Listen up English majors: DON’T LAUGH AT ME! I’m just a minor lol

I had no idea that writers could write through third person amonition. Or maybe I did know, and I just wasn’t aware of the fancy name for it. And maybe I spelled amonition wrong. But that’s the beauty of it. This is my blog post written in first person, and I can make mistakes because I’m the focalizer, and you can see the inconsistency in me through this blog post, just as we were able to see the inconsistency of characters in Mrs. Dalloway.

Moving right along!

Virginia Woolf opened a whole new door of writing for me. Her writing has encouraged me to try and drift away from first person narratives, though, I don’t know if I will be skilled enough to do so. I think the use of third person is a craft that won’t come easily to all of us. Woolf’s use of free and direct discourse was not limited like first person narratives are. Though, after reading the Embassy of Cambodia, I feel like I’m reading in “fourth person.” Or is there such a thing? Again English majors, don’t you laugh at me! But even if you do, it’s okay. Because I’m just a minor, still trying to find a way to connect to you all and still have individuality through my writing, like Woolf.

“It is a thousand pities never to say what one feels.”
-Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway