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Old 04-18-2012, 04:08 PM   #18
bill_mchale
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Originally Posted by JSWolf View Post
One problem with first person narration is that it spoils any spoils any sort of cliff-hangers involving the narrator as you know the narrator has to survive otherwise, the narration would not be happening.
Well, we you assume that all cliff-hangers have to involve life or death.

Also, fantasy and science fiction stories can have dead narrators through several possible devices.

The final thought is that the first person narrative could end right before the resolution to the cliff hanger (maybe have several different people tell the first person narrative.

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