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1st person or a narrator?

Posted: 22 Sep 2013, 09:10
by bookworm123
What do you prefer a 1st person telling the story or a narrator telling the story. I personally like the first person telling the story as he/she can share their feelings/emotions better than a narrator. So what do you prefer?

Re: 1st person or a narrator?

Posted: 22 Sep 2013, 17:30
by Jon-Ross
I personally like first person too. I feel more connected to the character in the book.

Re: 1st person or a narrator?

Posted: 23 Sep 2013, 10:13
by Leoch
I don't think I have a preference, but writing as a narrator is considerably harder, and so it is more common to see bad books written from that point of view. Also, not every book could be written from a 1st person perspective, because that requires that the main character is involved in every scene -- nothing can take place without their knowledge. This can become a bit tiresome.

Re: 1st person or a narrator?

Posted: 23 Sep 2013, 10:19
by tracy19
1st person

Re: 1st person or a narrator?

Posted: 30 Sep 2013, 15:32
by mykiddsrock
My favorite is first person too.

Re: 1st person or a narrator?

Posted: 30 Sep 2013, 16:42
by Tigania
I don't really have a preference. I like first person because the main character is more knowable as mentioned above. But I also like narration, because I like to know what the other characters are thinking and doing. Narration does give the option of more than one story line as well.

Re: 1st person or a narrator?

Posted: 30 Sep 2013, 19:58
by Gannon
I think it depends on the narrative. Both have their pros and cons depending on the story.

Re: 1st person or a narrator?

Posted: 06 Oct 2013, 16:32
by DanBR
Narrator. I don't want to be limited to what one character knows, feels, or thinks.

Re: 1st person or a narrator?

Posted: 06 Oct 2013, 16:37
by sblake
I really think it all depends on the quality of the writing and my interest in the story rather than if it is 1st person or narrator. I remember reading a lot of the classics, like The Invisible Man, that are all told in 1st person very effectively.

Re: 1st person or a narrator?

Posted: 06 Oct 2013, 20:38
by Anandi Iyer Ghosh
Narrator. 1st person is limiting.

Re: 1st person or a narrator?

Posted: 12 Oct 2013, 21:09
by whybark
Narrarator/3rd person

Re: 1st person or a narrator?

Posted: 12 Oct 2013, 21:39
by Ibanezakame
1st person, im not a big fan of narrarator, although, rick riordan didn't make me hate the heroes of oylpmus ( I STILL LOVVVEE IT!) but I wasn't excited about that 1 fCT

-- 12 Oct 2013, 22:39 --

1st person, im not a big fan of narrarator, although, rick riordan didn't make me hate the heroes of oylpmus ( I STILL LOVVVEE IT!) but I wasn't excited about that 1 fCT

Re: 1st person or a narrator?

Posted: 14 Oct 2013, 01:11
by marissa_in
First person- there's more imagery throughout the book.

Re: 1st person or a narrator?

Posted: 14 Oct 2013, 01:18
by talia_in
I prefer 1st person because I feel like the author is talking to me. :D

Re: 1st person or a narrator?

Posted: 22 Nov 2013, 01:12
by prisailurophile
Both :D