Crossposts: http://mindstalk.livejournal.com/456385.html

Entry tags:

literature,
writing

more on first person narrative

A followup to my previous first person narrative post:

Some of the reddit threads that spawned the previous post:

https://www.reddit.com/r/FanFiction/comments/4incmv/do_you_prefer_fics_that_are_told_from_the_first/
https://www.reddit.com/r/FanFiction/comments/4lau6y/big_nopes_for_writing_in_first_person/?ref=search_posts
https://www.reddit.com/r/FanFiction/comments/4tuawd/what_tropes_make_you_immediately_stop_reading/

I still find the aversion weird. First person is natural for letters, a diary, autobiography, or any other version of someone telling their own story.

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