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First Person vs. Third Person
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: luna610 on November 10, 2010, 11:57:37 PM ---I LOVE that story! I mean, I know you wrote it a long time ago...but I still love it :) But yeah, it's funny when that happens. Cuz then it's like "damnit!" Uhhh...switchi ng POV now! I used to hate reading stories where the POV switches but now it's like...it depends on how it's done. When you can't even tell whose POV you're reading because it's so back and forth it's confusing!
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LOL Fight for Survival? It was so much fun to write... and hey, it's one of the few collabs I've actually FINISHED, so I consider it a success in that sense! We just didn't think it through very much, beyond the basic idea of the plane crash LOL.
Yeah, I think the whole POV switching has to be done carefully. There should be some kind of rhyme or reason to it, and if the two voices aren't distinctive from each other, labels help. Switching POV in mid-chapter is the worst! But not always; Sakabelle's story "Running Up That Hill" switches between Nick's, Brian's, Howie's, and Kevin's POVs in each chapter (four scenes to a chapter, each scene in a different boy's POV), without labels, and it's not hard to follow. But she does a nice job writing in first person, and you can figure out who's narrating pretty quickly. And because that's how the story has always been set up, it doesn't seem random; it was clearly meant to be that way.
I think planning is the key LOL.
Sevily:
^ I don't think I could ever try and switch POVs when writing a story. Julie, you're great at it with Curtain Call but I think for me, I'd get so confused and wouldn't be able to establish a strong character.
And yes, planning a story is KEY. When I started writing my two stories, I made sure nothing happened where they wouldn't be able to tell it themselves.
julilly:
--- Quote from: Sevily on November 11, 2010, 09:48:13 AM ---^ I don't think I could ever try and switch POVs when writing a story.
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I think a lot of people do it without even noticing. Then three chapters later think 'crap, this was in 1st person!' lol
Sevily:
--- Quote from: julilly on November 11, 2010, 09:55:15 AM ---I think a lot of people do it without even noticing. Then three chapters later think 'crap, this was in 1st person!' lol
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That's true lol. I'm not sure I've ever done it before, but I can see if you'd get so into a story that it just comes naturally. Sometimes characters voices needed to be told.
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: Sevily on November 11, 2010, 09:48:13 AM ---^ I don't think I could ever try and switch POVs when writing a story. Julie, you're great at it with Curtain Call but I think for me, I'd get so confused and wouldn't be able to establish a strong character.
And yes, planning a story is KEY. When I started writing my two stories, I made sure nothing happened where they wouldn't be able to tell it themselves.
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Thanks! I didn't even know you were reading it. :)
When I started it, I knew I was going to write in Cary's POV. I didn't know if I was going to tell the whole thing in her POV or try to switch back and forth, and I really didn't decide for sure until I'd tried out Nick's to see how it went. His is still harder, but I'm glad I chose to switch off between the two because I think it's more interesting that way, to see both sides of the story. The same thing could have been done with third person, but I just always felt that this one should be in first, for some reason.
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