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Originally Posted by Nyssa
Please explain, if you can. why? I hear this complaint (about novels written in 1st person perspective) quite a bit, but I don't understand why it bothers people so much.
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I've nothing whatsoever against novels written in the first person. Some of my very favourite books (eg Dickens' "David Copperfield") are written in the first person.
What I dislike is the use of the present tense. It's just (to my mind) the wrong tense to write novels in. I know the arguments in favour of it - that it keeps the story moving along faster, and makes the reader identify more with the protagonist of the story - but the simple fact is that I don't like it. It always has the feel of "childishness" about it to me, rather than serious writing. I can't really explain why.