Wow, that was a longish title for a short-ish post.
So, which do you enjoy writing/reading more--books written in first, second, or third perspective?
Just so that there is no one left wondering, "Huh?" I'll explain what the perspectives are.
First perspective is written from the viewpoint of the main character using "I" instead of "he/she". For example:
"I watched as the strange creature crept across the floor of the cave, waiting for my chance to strike."
Books written in first perspective include Fairest, by Gail Carson Levine, and Island of the Blue Dolphins, by Scott O'Dell.
Second perspective uses pronouns for the main characters such as "he/she" but sometimes the author uses "I", too, sort of like they are telling a story.
"He watched as the strange creature (I do not know this creatures name; maybe it didn't even have one) crept across the floor of the cave, waiting for his chance to strike."
C.S. Lewis uses second perspective in 'The Chronicles of Narnia' and E. Nesbit uses it in Five Children and It.
Third perspective just uses pronouns "he/she" for the character.
"He watched as the strange creature crept across the floor of the cave, waiting for his chance to strike".
Examples are J.R.R. Tolkien in The Two Towers and Wayne Thomas Batson in "The Door Within Trilogy".
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Izori
2 comments:
FIRST PERSON!!!!! it's so fun!!! the story I'm writing for NaNoWriMo is in first person, tlyk. :) I like writing in first person and in third person. Don't think I've ever really tried writing in second... that's something to try...
So far I've only ever done Second Person writing, which is what I'm doing for NaNoWriMo. I think it would be fun, though, and probably easier to write in First Person. What was interesting in Margret Peterson Haddix's palace of Mirrors was that she wrote everything with First Person as it was happening. I've heard of doing it, but I've never read a book that way before. In case you still don't know what I'm talking about, it would be something like this-
"I see a girl walking across the lawn, and she turns and smiles at me." It was a good book.
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