I waited patiently as the professor went around the table telling each student what he thought of their short story. He was kind to all of them. Then he got to me. “This, class,” he said with a touch of anger, “is the perfect example of a writer misleading the reader into believing something that is not true. It isn’t until a page later that she reveals the 'he' is actually an 'it'.” Looking back I wish I would have said, “I am the writer here. It’s my character’s perspecti