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First Person vs. Third Person
Sakabelle:
Aw thanks you guys for all the love on Running Up That Hill!
I personally find first person to be a lot easier now, and that's because I tend to write stories that are very character based. I try to think about the charcter's thoughts a lot and how they would feel in a certain situation. I used to write mostly in third person, but I decided I wanted to try in first person and now I can't get enough of it and I like it much better. Though I do like switching, I don't know if I'd be able to write an entire story (that wasn't a one shot) in one character's POV. It can be difficult to keep things in the POV of one person, because they have to be in all the scenes and basically the reader lives the story through their eyes.
I think that Mare does a really good job of that with What Lurks Around The Corner. The reader experiences everything and learns about things at the same time as Nick does. It makes everything seem that much more real and exciting.
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: Sevily on November 11, 2010, 10:36:06 PM ---That's because I suck lol. I usually read between lapses at work, and then don't have time to review, so I make a mental note to review when I get back to my apartment...bu t that never happens...
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LOL well, I appreciate the review you just left! :) Glad to know you've been enjoying the story. Thanks for reading!
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: Sakabelle on November 11, 2010, 10:43:19 PM ---Aw thanks you guys for all the love on Running Up That Hill!
I personally find first person to be a lot easier now, and that's because I tend to write stories that are very character based. I try to think about the charcter's thoughts a lot and how they would feel in a certain situation. I used to write mostly in third person, but I decided I wanted to try in first person and now I can't get enough of it and I like it much better. Though I do like switching, I don't know if I'd be able to write an entire story (that wasn't a one shot) in one character's POV. It can be difficult to keep things in the POV of one person, because they have to be in all the scenes and basically the reader lives the story through their eyes.
I think that Mare does a really good job of that with What Lurks Around The Corner. The reader experiences everything and learns about things at the same time as Nick does. It makes everything seem that much more real and exciting.
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I think you're right, that writing in first person does help you get a better feel for the character, and you're great at it! So is Mare, definitely. She does such an awesome job with young Nick especially; he is so endearing in her stories.
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: mare on November 09, 2010, 04:20:14 PM ---I also make sure that the story really does revolve around that person and that he or she can stand on their own before I commit to writing it in first person, because nothing sucks more than starting a story in first person only to realize that the character really isn't all that interesting. *coughlikeforexampleBellainTwilightcough* lol
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LOL I just have to point out, not only is Bella ridiculous as a narrator because her first person voice is so NOT the voice of a teenage girl, the way a teenage girl would tell a story, but Stephenie Meyer also made the mistake of not being able to tell the whole story in Bella's POV. The last book randomly switches to Jacob's for a section in the middle, during which Bella has her half-vampire baby, basically dies, and is transformed into a vampire. And then it switches back to Bella's. It's so random, cause the rest of the series is all in Bella's. It's obvious that she got to that whole pregnancy part and thought, "Hm, how can I write this gory birth scene from Bella's POV if Bella is unconscious for it?" So she decided, "Oh, I'll just write it from Jacob's POV and pretend I planned it that way all along! Yay Team Jacob!" FAIL.
Rose:
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on November 11, 2010, 10:52:07 PM ---LOL I just have to point out, not only is Bella ridiculous as a narrator because her first person voice is so NOT the voice of a teenage girl, the way a teenage girl would tell a story, but Stephenie Meyer also made the mistake of not being able to tell the whole story in Bella's POV. The last book randomly switches to Jacob's for a section in the middle, during which Bella has her half-vampire baby, basically dies, and is transformed into a vampire. And then it switches back to Bella's. It's so random, cause the rest of the series is all in Bella's. It's obvious that she got to that whole pregnancy part and thought, "Hm, how can I write this gory birth scene from Bella's POV if Bella is unconscious for it?" So she decided, "Oh, I'll just write it from Jacob's POV and pretend I planned it that way all along! Yay Team Jacob!" FAIL.
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LMFAO that's so true! See that's an epic example of making sure your story can survive being told from only one POV if you choose to go that way! Otherwise you write yourself into a corner you can't get out of, and if you randomly switch, it's incredibly obvious.
How she ever got that book series published is BEYOND me lol. Good ideas, horrible writing.
I'd like to say Mare, Julie and Steph (Saka) do incredible jobs at writing first person, so if you ever want examples of how to go about it, read their stuff. Like seriously, they really do show what first person can do for a story if written correctly.
Random: I really need to try and catch up on Running Up That Hill
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