I have almost polished off Lee Child’s recent Jack Reacher offering, “Personal”. Once again, he did not disappoint. Something obvious came to mind as I was reading and if memory serves, Child has written all his work in the “first person”.
I have written both books in the “third person”. One of the difficulties I had to overcome, with a little assistance from my publisher, was to make certain that the perspective in each scene or section was consistent. For obvious reasons it can be confusing to readers if the perspective in an isolated scene switches from one person to another. Those of you who are readers can relate.
Before writing the first book I did a little research about perspective and both sides of the argument. I decided to write in third person because it allows the differing perspectives of other actors in the story. The down side of that decision was that I had to do a LOT of work and be very careful NOT to allow the perspective to change.
I am curious to know if you like the books you read to be written in the third or first person or does it even matter or have you even noticed?
I’m seriously considering writing Mosquito Lagoon – Code 3 in first person
I have written both books in the “third person”. One of the difficulties I had to overcome, with a little assistance from my publisher, was to make certain that the perspective in each scene or section was consistent. For obvious reasons it can be confusing to readers if the perspective in an isolated scene switches from one person to another. Those of you who are readers can relate.
Before writing the first book I did a little research about perspective and both sides of the argument. I decided to write in third person because it allows the differing perspectives of other actors in the story. The down side of that decision was that I had to do a LOT of work and be very careful NOT to allow the perspective to change.
I am curious to know if you like the books you read to be written in the third or first person or does it even matter or have you even noticed?
I’m seriously considering writing Mosquito Lagoon – Code 3 in first person