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Q&A First or third person

I'm sitting with a bit of a dilemma. I'm writing a novel and I'm struggling with the decision of whether I should use first or third person. I prefer third person, also prefer to read novels writt...

2 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by Liezl Doman‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by Mark Baker‭

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Q&A Have a tough time figuring out third-person prose

I can write first-person great, but many stories can only be told third-person and i dont have much experience here. It always feels clunky, doesn't flow right. And get distracted by pronouns and w...

4 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Altoban‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How do I kill a protagonist in a first person point of view?

I'm writing a novel in which the story is told from a first person pov. I don't want it to be predictable so I feel that if I kill the protagonist it will give it a sense of difference since they u...

1 answer  ·  posted 7y ago by Daniela‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A New style of first person pov

I was thinking about my own style of writing. Turn out, in every role play I've written, I have a good writing style when I use the first person pov. I'll add some "voices" to the main character. (...

1 answer  ·  posted 8y ago by Guildias‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Describe a main character

I was wondering if you could help me with this: I'm starting to write a book, but I don't really know how to describe the physic of the main character (in 1st person). I heard some techniques like,...

2 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by System‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How to know whether to write in 3rd person or 1st person?

How do I know, when I'm writing, which perspective I should write in? I almost always write with a 1st person narrative because it makes it easy to get great immersion in with the characters. Is i...

2 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Daniel Cann‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Prologue and Epilogue in third person and chapters in first person doable?

My current work is in first person. Well, it's a début so I didn't compare the benefits of first vs. third when I started writing it. I just picked the first because it was easy. Now the plot line...

3 answers  ·  posted 9y ago by Amin Mohamed Ajani‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A What is the voice called when the narrator is a secondary character?

Stories that are told by an "all seeing" narrator are told in the "third person." Stories that are told by the main character, based on what s/he sees, are told in the "first person." Suppose a s...

2 answers  ·  posted 9y ago by Tom Au‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A First person pov with more than one main chars

I really love -- and most of time write in -- first person point of view. The novel I'm writing is somewhat different from what I'm used to. I have four main characters -- I don't see any of them ...

3 answers  ·  posted 10y ago by Psicofrenia‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A 1st person story, but the main character will die in the end and some of the story needs to be told after his death. How to solve this problem?

I personally like to read stories told by the the main character, it's more "alive" to me. But the problem is that my character will die and some of the story will need to be told afterwards. Maybe...

2 answers  ·  posted 11y ago by Derfder‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Proper use of the "historical present tense"

I am thinking of employing the historical present tense in a first-person narrative (to achieve a greater level of immediacy). The problem is that I am telling the story in a non-linear manner, i.e...

2 answers  ·  posted 11y ago by Cliff Hangerson Page‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How can I portray a character with no fear of death, without them sounding utterly bored?

Imagine a fantasy hero with a 'time reset' ability like the protagonists of Groundhog Day or Edge of Tomorrow: they can 'rewind time' up to a few hours, resetting their own physical state and the r...

5 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by Stephen‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How do I portray irrational anger in first person?

Characters (and people) get angry at all sorts of things that might not make sense to the outside observer: Marty McFly and the word "chicken," words that are terrible slurs to one population but t...

7 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by TMuffin‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A In a first-person web novel, how to make the reader aware of a motivator the POV is unaware of?

In my novel, the MC (and POV character) spares an enemy. He spared the enemy because he empathized/identified himself with them, but he was not aware of it. Later on he will understand his feelings...

3 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Mindwin‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A first point of view and the problem of opinion

Is it better for first person POV to be treated in the same way as third person POV meaning that the POV person withholds opinions? (So the reader can form them?) Or is it okay to establish conflic...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by Penelope Smith‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Is head-hopping always bad?

The general consensus nowadays seems to be that being in the head of more than one character is bad. We should be "on the shoulders" or "in the head" of one character, and one character only, if no...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by Galastel‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Can I state a fact in a first person story?

If I have a sentence such as this: Footsteps were heard coming down the alley. Can I use that in a first-person story? I don't think it's technically third-person, but it sort of feels like i...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by Jared‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Dialogue in First Person Fiction (Detective Mystery) [closed]

Karl is my detective protagonist. His girlfriend, Jenna, is with him. He is hospitalized, and his boss, Rob Tucker, shows up for a visit. Which example of dialogue is correct? In true first person,...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by Peter‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A To what extent can a first person narrative tell someone else's story?

I've recently been working on some stories written in the first person from the point of view of what, in the grand scheme of things, would be called minor characters. Examples include a junior bri...

3 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Ash‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Can I assign actions to broad concepts?

Whenever I write, I run into the problem where I have to assign human actions to subjects that, when I contemplate about it, cannot realistically perform those actions. A teacher told me years ago ...

4 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by user3776022‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A First Person when the PoV is not the Protagonist?

I believe writing in the first person gets the reader closer to the character. As far as I know, this is generally accepted as true. That's not all there is to character development, certainly, but...

1 answer  ·  posted 7y ago by Thomas Myron‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How to describe pain in first person? [closed]

(Made up character) Farrel jumps from his rambler house roof but lands horizontally and on his left arm. His left arms ulna snaps and pierces out of his skin. This is just an example because I'm ha...

1 answer  ·  posted 8y ago by Bruce Thao‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How do I tell my short story?

Based on this outline, I'm not sure how to to best re-tell this story. In particular, I'm not sure if I should tell the story as a first person "narrator," or in the third person? What are the adva...

2 answers  ·  posted 9y ago by user13617‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Please evaluate the effectiveness of both voices, which better brings the character to life?

I am working on a scene (one of many) and I am having trouble with voice (in all of them). I find first person handy in some situations and third in others. Below are two excerpts from the same s...

1 answer  ·  posted 10y ago by James‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A When am I using "I" too much?

Chuck Palahniuk is an author quite well known for writing first-person stories. He has a simple piece of advice for others who wish to do so as well: "Have your narrator say 'I' as little as possib...

2 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by thanby‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A 1st person addressing a narrator

I'm writing a story in first person, but with a third person narrator for the secondary character. I was wondering if there were any books or stories to research how the first person character coul...

1 answer  ·  posted 4y ago by Jack Woods‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Should I write in a style that is more conducive to a situation I am describing or write it the way I normally write?

I am writing a short story that describes a dream that I had as a child. I wrote a first rough draft and had my girlfriend read it to give me some feedback. One thing she criticized is my writing s...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by user3661841‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A In one book can one narrator be in present and the other in past?

I'm currently planning a book series that is told from the first person perspective of 5 different characters. I have a different voice for all of the characters, but I think that 2 of the characte...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by Shel77‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Describing Pain in First Person Present Tense [closed]

Just a scene I pictured- (Character receives a syringe in the chest but doesn't feel the after pain until a moment later) Ex: Johnny begins to feel a burning like sensation in his chest that's mor...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by york‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Is using first person in academic/technical essays always bad?

For as long as I can remember, my teachers have taught me never to use first person in an essay. Yet, some of the examples we read in classes, or older writings we have to annotate, are written in...

2 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by weakdna says reinstate monica‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Point of view switching

I want to write a story mainly in third person, occasionally switching to first person. How would I do that most effectively?

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by DMHubble‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Is there such a thing as using too Many "I's" in a first person novel?

For example, would you say this section of copy has too many "I's" or even "my's"? I woke in a daze. A drug induced daze. I recognized it instantly, the feeling of being disconnected from ...

1 answer  ·  posted 6y ago by Elise Carver‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Using terms for clarity in first person

When writing in 1st person POV, if your story's universe or your main character uses made up values of measurement or doesn't have a term for something like eyeliner or traffic lights, how do you c...

2 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by user31475‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A First Person vs. Third Person: Advantages and Disadvantages?

My name is Alex and I'm writing a fantasy novel. I don't know if I should use first or third person narration. First person writing is good for protagonists and important characters, but third pe...

4 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Seraph Myrmidon‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A When writing a novel, is it wise to switch from first-person to third-person? What is the most effective way to do this?

In a novel I've been writing, I begin by introducing a character and describing her history and personality from a third-person perspective. Now, I want to start talking about a different characte...

2 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by System‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How do I avoid rambling in first person narratives?

When writing in first person narrative, there are points when the narrator expresses their opinion on a situation, the emotions they're feeling and so on. I've read books where there are several pa...

1 answer  ·  posted 7y ago by K. Bailey‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Internal dialogue with a quick thinking first person narrator

I have seen this in visual media, but not really in written media so I am sort of at a loss as to how to proceed. I am writing a first person narrative where the main character is almost constantl...

0 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Jake‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How to write from a rich "bad boy's" perspective?

I am currently writing a story that alternates perspectives between the hero and heroine every other chapter. I have gotten a lot of work done with the heroine's chapters, but I have been trouble w...

1 answer  ·  posted 7y ago by T. Afrin‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How can a first person POV be written if they are emotionless for a period of time?

If description displays emotion, but they cant feel certain emotion, then what is a way one can write that without creating too boring of a piece and still display what they are going through?

0 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Bethrbt‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A 1st person story with no dialogue? [closed]

Is it possible to write a good story without any dialogue? I'm working on a short story, and trying to keep it within 2000 words, but preferably 1000-1500 words. I'm trying to write it as if the n...

1 answer  ·  posted 7y ago by Abram Frost‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Options for point of view in a story

At first I was going to tell my story told from my main character's point of view, but now I'm wondering if I should make it coming from the point of view of a third-person narrator. I wanted the...

2 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by M. McGarry‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How to convey that the main characer is in pain while dialogue is occuring

I'm writing a story in first person. There's a point in the story where two characters are having a dialogue, while the narrator is listening. The problem is that the narrator is also in pain while...

0 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by System‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Can a scene be written to be disorienting and not be too confusing to readers?

I've written a scene in a short story where the character and her party are suddenly attacked in the night. It's written in first-person and the character had just been shaken awake from a nightmar...

3 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Trynda E. Adair‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How to write a religious experience?

I'm currently writing a story with a strong theme of spirituality and divinity. At around the halfway point my protagonist has a religious experience which changes them. This experience is a highly...

2 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Joel Okimoto‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Can a first person protagonist be the writer's alter ego?

Is it acceptable practice to write a fiction novel set in an imaginary universe in first person plus have the main character be an alter ego of yourself? (The main character has my voice, essential...

2 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by pintee‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How can I avoid using the first person in a report when directly referring to work and experiences I have had?

I have been asked to write a report on the company I am working at during a placement from University (I am on an engineering programme). There was not much guidance given on what the content of th...

0 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Matthew Wilkins‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A First person, when is close, too close?

I am considering using the first person for a story I am developing. One of the main benefits of using the first person is the closeness with the reader it generates. However, I am not sure that ...

0 answers  ·  posted 9y ago by Reed‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭