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mr ploppy · 03-26-2011, 04:34 PM

I can't say that it bothers me much either way. I've read good and bad of both types. First person is harder to write well, but it can be fun sometimes. Especially with oddball characters with a skewed worldview (like my glue sniffer). What doesn't work so well is when they mix 1st and 3rd within the same book, or have multiple characters all using 1st and having more or less the same internal voice. But even that can work well sometimes, it's just harder to pull off.

03-26-2011, 04:34 PM	#6
mr ploppy Feral Underclass Posts: 3,622 Karma: 26821535 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Yorkshire, tha noz Device: 2nd hand paperback	I can't say that it bothers me much either way. I've read good and bad of both types. First person is harder to write well, but it can be fun sometimes. Especially with oddball characters with a skewed worldview (like my glue sniffer). What doesn't work so well is when they mix 1st and 3rd within the same book, or have multiple characters all using 1st and having more or less the same internal voice. But even that can work well sometimes, it's just harder to pull off.