Person

Yes, that is an intentional single word title.

Do you have a preference as to which “person” you read or write in? For a long time I didn’t care for reading in the first person.

I also think that could be because what I was reading maybe wasn’t let’s say top notch? Which is a pretty crappy thing to say seeing as how they are published and I am not. Besides that huge elephant in the room fact, I can safely say that I have grown on books written in the first person.

Before I get into the why, let me take a moment to discuss the virtue of the third person. At least from my writing point of view, it is soooo much easier to be able to jump around the various characters and give them a voice.

Although, I have read some pretty disjointed third person books too. Jumping around means some type of break or clear indication that the POV has changed.

Anyway, back to the virtues, I lost my train of thought on that. But being able to have access to the minds of the various characters can add additional elements to the story. Sometimes angst, or support or mystery or suspense… you get the idea.

I started writing this book in Jan 2021. I had an extended vacation and anticipated writing more during that time. However, another character bounced in front of me and I inadvertently started book 2. Which in and of itself isn’t totally bad, but I also started in the first person.

Ugh.

I’ll figure it out. I may just let it ride.

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