Which is Better: First Person or Third Person POV?
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Re: Which is Better: First Person or Third Person POV?
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But I must say, I dislike when the first person is way to descriptive and sometimes, when writing that way, it tends to happen. Just have to watch out for word vomit.
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Good point. I can see this happening for sure, even though most of my favourite books are written in the first person.colegrove wrote:I don't like reading modern-day works in first person, because it frequently comes off as amateur to me. It's far too easy to write in first person, since it's akin to a diary, but it's also far too easy to become long-winded and boring. Third person brings with it a faster pace, I think.
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I wonder which one the original poster decided on using.
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Can anyone point me in the direction of novels written in the first person present tense that are successful? I know there are plenty that are not but I haven't come across any that are.
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colegrove wrote:I don't like reading modern-day works in first person, because it frequently comes off as amateur to me. It's far too easy to write in first person, since it's akin to a diary, but it's also far too easy to become long-winded and boring. Third person brings with it a faster pace, I think.
I agree. I see that so many books are being written in the first person and it irks me. I definitely prefer third person as it just gives a much more professional feel to the story.
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