First vs. third person
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Re: First vs. third person
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This is a really interesting perspective to what I also assumed was an error. I feel like on a personal level I feel like I would have found this frustrating in a book, but after thinking about it in a newer perspective I will go ahead and give it a go.Charlyt wrote: ↑03 Apr 2019, 08:33 Perhaps using the third person gives readers a broader area of perspective (of the surroundings, circumstance, other characters) by using the main character of the chapter. And maybe using the first person allows the reader a more intimate insight of the character and what they are thinking. Like, maybe, it was important that the reader knows what Myra was thinking and feeling that it had to be delivered in the first person. I hope that made sense.
Thanks!
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Couldn't agree more! But I wonder if its attention span affects, which does, the reader's focus may shift or probably break throughout the process?NL Hartje wrote: ↑05 Apr 2019, 09:15 I think this stylistic choice must have been because he wanted to highlight the thoughts of certain characters. Aside from third person omnipotent, secondary characters thoughts are generally masked. Perhaps he just really wanted us to hear what they were thinking?
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First person is great to explore the character's feelings and the links/friendship between the characters, but then you lose the ability to properly implore the inner emotions and thoughts of other characters - so I can understand why Charlie Sheldon may have wanted to have more characters in the first person.
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