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First verses Third
Mishell:
I ask myself, is this story being told by me, or by my character? If it's the latter, I use first person.
Once I had to use first person in a short story because there was no appropriate gender pronoun to use for the main character in 3rd. :o
Nickeris86:
Well I had both versions of my opening reviewed and both liked the First person version better. I found this odd cause when i read over it i thought it was crap but i usually think everything i write is either terrible or at least not good enough to get published.
I'll continue to pursue the first person style for a while and see how it turns out when i have more than two pages.
the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh:
--- Quote from: Mishell on August 19, 2011, 09:11:05 PM ---I ask myself, is this story being told by me, or by my character? If it's the latter, I use first person.
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But that deprives you of the fun of telliong a third-person story through the filter of an unreliable narator with biases and agendas.
--- Quote ---Once I had to use first person in a short story because there was no appropriate gender pronoun to use for the main character in 3rd.
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heh. Some of us reject gendered pronouns in day-to-day life, and once you get that working, not doing it in fiction is easy.
newtinmpls:
On the subject of putting information out there to generate the OMG - I should have seen that coming reaction; I recommend "Hamlet's Hit Points" by Robin Laws; it's meant for DMing, but it utilizes analysis of storytelling in a really cool way.
Aminar:
--- Quote from: the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh on August 20, 2011, 04:08:11 PM ---But that deprives you of the fun of telliong a third-person story through the filter of an unreliable narator with biases and agendas.
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That's so incredibly awkward at times, it's what I'm currently working on, third person but only with knowledge a given character would have(For the most part, there is a little outside narration when necessary. Hardest thing, before a new POV character knows everyone names and your referring to characters as the male voice or the female voice with an odd accent.
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