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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

#4: Question reopened by user avatar Mark Baker‭ · 2020-02-08T12:51:05Z (about 4 years ago)
#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T13:01:21Z (over 4 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/48157
License name: CC BY-SA 4.0
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar Liezl Doman‭ · 2019-12-08T13:01:21Z (over 4 years ago)
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 written in third person, but this specific novel centres around a woman finding herself trapped in a world where she's the only survivor and the challenges that she has to face because of it. If I write it in third person it suggests that someone else survived to tell the tale. I need to create the feeling of utter loneliness.

What are your opinions on the matter?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2019-09-24T06:10:55Z (over 4 years ago)
Original score: 2