Karn needs perspectives on perspective

As long as you don’t do second person. Unless the perspective is completely alien like a fluffy or a drone.

And 1st person present-tense sucks. It feels like I’m sitting on the shoulder of the protagonist and I’m just transcribing their thoughts and actions, writing everything into their journal as they do it. :unamused:

Literally could not get through the Hunger Games series because I found the narration so distracting.

1st and 3rd person past-tense are always good :+1:

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2nd person present tense is great if you’re trying to get the fluffy’s perspective on things, but not great if you want a full narrative since you’re even more limited on perspective that 1st person.

Whatever you do, keep your perspectives the same throughout the story unless there’s a clear break in the narrative. If you switch perspectives without a clutch, you’re going to leave your readers confused.

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I always thought it was easier to write in first person or third person. First person allows you to imagine yourself as the character, more-so if the MC’s features aren’t particularly well described.

Third person gives you the freedom of bouncing from characters to characters and knowing what everyone is feeling AND why, without needed to add the mystery of motivation or reasoning. That’s for the characters within the story to find and figure out.

And a few other people mentioned it but past tense is always the best. Present tense is just gross.

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