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Tried writing a story from my vacuum cleaner's point of view
I was cleaning a house on Maple Street last Tuesday and got bored, so I started imagining what my vacuum would think about all the stuff people leave on the floor. The story turned into this weird thing where the vacuum had a crush on a dust bunny but kept getting blocked by a kid's Lego. I actually ended up liking it and submitted it to a small online contest. Has anyone else ever tried writing from an object's perspective and gotten something unexpected out of it?
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anna75823h ago
lmao i wrote one from my toaster's perspective once. it kept getting jealous of the microwave because it got to heat up leftovers and the toaster was stuck doing bread all day. ended up being this whole dramatic thing about appliance class warfare. my friend still brings it up years later.
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bro YES i did this with my dishwasher back when i lived in that apartment with the crusty old one. i wrote this whole thing about how it was secretly a philosopher contemplating the endless cycle of filth and cleanliness and how humans never appreciate the quiet workhorses of the kitchen. it turned into a 3000 word rant about existential dread and suds. i actually won a small local writer's night with it and people were cracking up at the part where it got passive aggressive about the plates not being scraped. the judges said it was unexpectedly deep for something about dishware. now i lowkey want to write the sequel from the garbage disposal's perspective since they got beef in my headcanon now.
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