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I once heard from a trusted teacher that first person should only be used when either (a) the main character is someone other than the narrator or (b) the narrator has a unique voice. An example o...
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System
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2019-12-08T04:13:23Z (almost 5 years ago)
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Ken Mohnkern
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2019-12-08T04:13:23Z (almost 5 years ago)
I once heard from a trusted teacher that first person should only be used when either (a) the main character is someone other than the narrator or (b) the narrator has a unique voice.
An example of (a) is _A Prayer for Owen Meany,_ where the narrator, Johnny, is telling us about Owen. For (b), see Mark Twain's _Huckleberry Finn._ ("You don't know about me without you have read a book by the name of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer; but that ain't no matter.")
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System
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2015-05-13T13:18:03Z (over 9 years ago)
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