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Short Stories

I just finished writing a short story set in Honolulu that focuses on my sister's life. It's first person from the brother's p.o.v. and I found it interesting how, by telling the sister's story, the interior world of the brother is revealed. The first person narration seems to give me more bang for the buck because the filtering process of the narrator allows for excursions to poignant moments in the family history where the sister isn't even a character. By writing about a sibling, you can really delve into the narrator's psyche.