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When I wrote SV fanfiction, I played around with all kinds of writing styles:
1) First person in past tense.
2) First person in present tense.
3) Second person in present tense.
4) Third person in past tense.
The feedback that I recieved seemed to indicate that most readers prefer the fourth option. In fact, when I wrote "Remember Me", a lot of my feedback started with: "I never read stories in first person narrative, but I decided to give this one a shot....."
When I look back, I think the two easiest stories for me to writer were "Undercover at Met. U." and "Remember Me". The first one was easy, because it was my first story EVER and I really didn't give a damn about things like POV and - you know - grammar.
"Remember Me" just flowed. For about two weeks, it was all I thought about and I would just sit down and write. It came so naturally to me and just WORKED.
So when I sat down to write my book, I decided to adopt the writing style I had in "Remember Me", because I thought it would come easily to me. And, to a certain extent, it has. I have thirty pages written and it was relatively easy.
But... I'm reading it. And I think it sucks. I don't think the first person style is capturing the essence of the heroine properly. Also, it's a complex world I'm creating and I can't help but feel that I'm not able to convey everything about the world in the way that would pull the readers in, because it's all coming only through the eyes of this one character.
So... what do I do? Write in third person, even though it's harder for me? As a reader, what do you prefer? A well written first person narrative or a third person narrative that allows you to get into other characters' heads? Like the hero's for example?
1) First person in past tense.
2) First person in present tense.
3) Second person in present tense.
4) Third person in past tense.
The feedback that I recieved seemed to indicate that most readers prefer the fourth option. In fact, when I wrote "Remember Me", a lot of my feedback started with: "I never read stories in first person narrative, but I decided to give this one a shot....."
When I look back, I think the two easiest stories for me to writer were "Undercover at Met. U." and "Remember Me". The first one was easy, because it was my first story EVER and I really didn't give a damn about things like POV and - you know - grammar.
"Remember Me" just flowed. For about two weeks, it was all I thought about and I would just sit down and write. It came so naturally to me and just WORKED.
So when I sat down to write my book, I decided to adopt the writing style I had in "Remember Me", because I thought it would come easily to me. And, to a certain extent, it has. I have thirty pages written and it was relatively easy.
But... I'm reading it. And I think it sucks. I don't think the first person style is capturing the essence of the heroine properly. Also, it's a complex world I'm creating and I can't help but feel that I'm not able to convey everything about the world in the way that would pull the readers in, because it's all coming only through the eyes of this one character.
So... what do I do? Write in third person, even though it's harder for me? As a reader, what do you prefer? A well written first person narrative or a third person narrative that allows you to get into other characters' heads? Like the hero's for example?
