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MartinC · 03-26-2011, 08:25 AM

Everything I read at the moment seems to be written in the first person. I'm sure it wasn't always like that.

Not true, of course - there has always been first person fiction and there are plenty of books being written now which are not. But you know what I mean - first time writers particularly seem to gravitate to it. I know I did (inspired by Dick Francis) and found it much more difficult that I expected. Not an experiment I will try again in a hurry. Is it me? Maybe I'm just getting old.

03-26-2011, 08:25 AM	#1
MartinC Hanger on Posts: 148 Karma: 1355233 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Dorset, UK Device: Kindle 3, Galaxy S, Sony PRS-505, Sony tablet	First-personed-out Everything I read at the moment seems to be written in the first person. I'm sure it wasn't always like that. Not true, of course - there has always been first person fiction and there are plenty of books being written now which are not. But you know what I mean - first time writers particularly seem to gravitate to it. I know I did (inspired by Dick Francis) and found it much more difficult that I expected. Not an experiment I will try again in a hurry. Is it me? Maybe I'm just getting old.