What Puzo offers is accidental inspiration. But it is not the film that had such a profound and moving effect, one so great that the very barrier of first and third person is blurred, but the Puzo text itself. It is hard to do so when writing about The Godfather, the Mario Puzo novel that crashed through Hollywood and reshaped the narrative for ensemble features. Be personable without the person present. For websites, this one and others, it is the lesson thrust at students, budding journalists and part-timers who wish to dabble their thoughts on this book or that film.
It is a message passed on through the current role, marking year four of this long and winding journey.
“Never write in the first person,” is what three years of education threatened prospective students with.
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