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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 5y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T05:06:25Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar Daniel Cann‭ · 2019-12-08T05:06:25Z (almost 5 years ago)
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 it _always_ okay to write in 1st person?

In a piece of fiction writing, how do you know which perspective to use?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2016-03-04T07:00:45Z (over 8 years ago)
Original score: 2