tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5102584452047598477.post4018831220350012025..comments2023-07-01T04:28:54.959-05:00Comments on The Enchanted Writer: Book in a Month Pt 14: Choosing a POVAndrea Teaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02050710871603076745noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5102584452047598477.post-12399363305531222762012-06-12T12:30:34.556-05:002012-06-12T12:30:34.556-05:00I generally like 3rd person best, but I have read ...I generally like 3rd person best, but I have read some very good books that were written in first person. In my opinion, first person only works when the author has know how to do it well. I've seen too many beginning authors start out using first person when they're simply not ready for it yet.Chemist Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09738272332470397248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5102584452047598477.post-7179402989376219832012-06-11T19:44:24.426-05:002012-06-11T19:44:24.426-05:00Wonderful post. I always write in first person. Se...Wonderful post. I always write in first person. Several times I've tried changing, then somewhere along the way, I find myself in first person again, so I just give up and go with what comes natural.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04419944234795666194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5102584452047598477.post-20710011322116037112012-06-10T19:11:45.960-05:002012-06-10T19:11:45.960-05:00Great post! I only wrote in 3rd person omniscient ...Great post! I only wrote in 3rd person omniscient and was guilty of a lot of head hopping. My editor helped me to try 3rd person limited, and it was a struggle but I think it improved the novel. Then I tried first person for a YA short story and loved it--I found it easier. But I wonder if I would find it limiting if I tried a whole novel in first person. I think present tense would be VERY challenging. Good luck with your WIP!Jennifer Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13300124780126853962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5102584452047598477.post-18262910906106755332012-06-10T10:40:59.029-05:002012-06-10T10:40:59.029-05:00Hi Andrea, nice to meet you. What a super post. Fo...Hi Andrea, nice to meet you. What a super post. For my first few books, it was third person POV; these were all MG books. The current one I am writing is a YA book, its in first person present tense with 2 or dual POV's as I feel it will work better with both the main characters( a girl and boy) taking turns to narrate the story.<br />I like the idea of writing a scene from different POV's to see what works better. I am definitely going to try it.Rachna Chhabriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16900999965919504282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5102584452047598477.post-5436475781922695502012-06-10T10:05:58.236-05:002012-06-10T10:05:58.236-05:00What a great post. This is something I have strugg...What a great post. This is something I have struggled with too. Like Elizabeth, one of my problems is that I find myself head hopping if not careful. I tend to write third person past tense though. I have another project in mind that might work best as first person present. Guess it's just what works best for the story.Suzanne Furnesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00908200156114453054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5102584452047598477.post-86956632051537084832012-06-10T09:26:10.965-05:002012-06-10T09:26:10.965-05:00POV has always been easy to figure out for me. If ...POV has always been easy to figure out for me. If it's mainly about the journey about one character, then 1st. But if there are several main characters whose stories we need to see, then 3rd.<br /><br />Although I do have one that is dual 1st POV. (male/female). For me, I think I just prefer writing 1st, but I won't stick to it no matter what either.Suzihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16502606950280751205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5102584452047598477.post-91701723626072339962012-06-10T05:12:52.878-05:002012-06-10T05:12:52.878-05:00nice worknice workghulam sarwarhttp://designs-article.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5102584452047598477.post-22071610442429356542012-06-10T03:20:38.821-05:002012-06-10T03:20:38.821-05:00Great post! Very succinct!Great post! Very succinct!Write Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11243460609179141414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5102584452047598477.post-72635737547638783742012-06-09T23:25:57.962-05:002012-06-09T23:25:57.962-05:00Excellent post. I struggled a lot with POV. I was ...Excellent post. I struggled a lot with POV. I was a horrible head hopper...still catch myself doing it a bit.Elizabeth Seckmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00045076826326574984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5102584452047598477.post-22756308712755209802012-06-09T22:16:01.319-05:002012-06-09T22:16:01.319-05:00What a great idea for a blog series! I love doing ...What a great idea for a blog series! I love doing character bios, off to check out the other post...Deniz Bevanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17134553551048836979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5102584452047598477.post-50698033082271834462012-06-09T21:59:01.552-05:002012-06-09T21:59:01.552-05:00That was fantastic information! I wrote my book in...That was fantastic information! I wrote my book in 1st person and started rewriting in 3rd person limited. This was exactly what I needed to hear right now! Hopefully it will help me decide what's best.Tess Julia https://www.blogger.com/profile/17850176812284692371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5102584452047598477.post-6992397371265152592012-06-09T20:48:21.740-05:002012-06-09T20:48:21.740-05:00Thanks for this great information. I really neede...Thanks for this great information. I really needed it. Just starting a rewrite and am wondering what will work best.Myrna R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15088915165678737118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5102584452047598477.post-1784482807228902362012-06-09T20:12:53.877-05:002012-06-09T20:12:53.877-05:00Very informative post!
As far as choosing a POV, ...Very informative post!<br /><br />As far as choosing a POV, I just have to play around with it a bit and see what feels right. It's trial and error.Danahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16272293468239097754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5102584452047598477.post-80725406362469501752012-06-09T18:15:27.802-05:002012-06-09T18:15:27.802-05:00that was a thorough lesson in pov! great job! and ...that was a thorough lesson in pov! great job! and thanks! my thriller fit in 3rd closer, and my next one will be 1st, a ya paranormal. i like to challenge myself!Tara Tylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07587802105993889515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5102584452047598477.post-50240328366881127832012-06-09T17:30:44.898-05:002012-06-09T17:30:44.898-05:00For my first book, I thought a close third person ...For my first book, I thought a close third person POV was the way to go. Twelve thousand words later I knew it wasn't working. So, I rewrote it in first person and found the right voice. Sometimes you just have to try it on--like clothing--and see how it feels. lolDonna K. Weaverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15763832177263927311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5102584452047598477.post-3669899439671911842012-06-09T15:24:46.778-05:002012-06-09T15:24:46.778-05:00I've written a lot in third person and first p...I've written a lot in third person and first person, but only one of my published books is first person. I think it just depends on the feel and what that story needs. If I'm doing third person, however, I prefer to limit how many points of view I have. My co-author and I have a series of YA novels, and we decided early on that each book will have three points of view. My current novels (last one published and the sequel that I'm almost done writing) have two points of view, but I don't go back and forth between them. The books are divided in half, and one character gets the first half, and the second character gets the second half. In some ways, that's as limiting as first person, because everything that happens is strictly from that one character's point of view--it just happens to be third person.<br /><br />I've never written in present tense. I tried once, because I thought maybe one of my books would work better that way, but it totally didn't.<br /><br />I'm not a fan of omniscient POV. I've never written it, and when I'm reading it, it makes it REALLY hard for me to connect with the characters if the point of view is hopping around and the author's voice keeps coming in to narrate things to me.<br /><br />Do you have one that feels more right than the others? Sometimes you just have to dive in and go with it...you might find later that it isn't working that way, and that you need to switch it, and that's okay! I often only know if something works if I try to write it.<br /><br />Good luck!<br /><br />P.S. Thanks for stopping by my blog today! ^_^Laura Josephsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04239501665574945313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5102584452047598477.post-32837695625516306722012-06-09T14:32:47.462-05:002012-06-09T14:32:47.462-05:00To me, it depends on what I want to show.
If I wan...To me, it depends on what I want to show.<br />If I want to portrait the heroes side of the story too, I go for 3rd ... if I know I'll stay only inside the heroine's head, then I go for 1st. <br />The one I'm writing now is in 3rd cause I love my hero's thoughts LOL <br /><br />Keep in mind this is never definite. You can always change it, no matter if you're still writing or have already finished. It'll only take a little longer. <br />I say stick with 1st, or change to 3rd from this point on and only fix the first part when the rest is done ;)Juliana Haygerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18028869545185578038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5102584452047598477.post-13974202593688295462012-06-09T14:20:09.790-05:002012-06-09T14:20:09.790-05:00I've mostly used 3rd person omniscient, withou...I've mostly used 3rd person omniscient, without it being a conscious choice. Then I wrote a short story in 1st/past tense and really enjoyed it! The next novel length project (still a WIP) I tried in 1st person/past again and quite liked that as well. I think it's like Laura wrote; it comes to you as it comes and that's how you write it.<br /><br />PS: Andrea, I sent you an e-mail, hope to hear back from you soon about it! :-)<br /><a href="http://minalobo.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Some Dark Romantic</a>Mina Lobohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10173895884776280826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5102584452047598477.post-67588569699798405452012-06-09T14:19:32.763-05:002012-06-09T14:19:32.763-05:00I'm a big fan of 3rd person. (And always in th...I'm a big fan of 3rd person. (And always in the past tense. I dislike this new trend for present tense.) Yet when I write 3rd person, I almost always stick to the protagonist's POV. That way I can keep my own voice and not confuse the reader by head hopping. Omniscient is difficult to do properly, and I avoid it. Stick with what feels right. Yet if you're going the YA direction, I think first person is the way to go unless you truly need someone else's POV to add dimensions to the story.<br /><br />Keep on writing! :)Christine Rainshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08263694662585963900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5102584452047598477.post-3730792688953808722012-06-09T14:06:21.850-05:002012-06-09T14:06:21.850-05:00I used to write 1st person past tense, but decided...I used to write 1st person past tense, but decided to try 1st person present tense with my current WIP. <br />Then, I got gutsy and decided to throw in an alternate POV. So far, I'm loving the difference.<br />I haven't tried 3rd limited or omni, but I'm curious to see how I'd do with it.Jackiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04526192448146446752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5102584452047598477.post-3253132388322409462012-06-09T13:40:09.556-05:002012-06-09T13:40:09.556-05:00I have struggled with this with every story I have...I have struggled with this with every story I have written, usually multiple times per project. Honestly, I don't actually make a conscious decision about POV. Usually an idea will present itself to me with an obvious POV, and if it doesn't then I just sit down and just write and then see which POV I've written in lol.<br />Congrats on the word count, that's brilliant :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com