Subject: Re: [FFML] [question] 1st/3rd person narratives
From: Cyclone
Date: 11/7/1997, 5:23 PM
To: fanfic@fanfic.com

Ken wrote:

Most fics are done in 3rd person.  Writing in 1st person can be a bit
stressing at times. Especially if you throw yourself into your work.
It is
also a little awkward to write in first person.  3rd person is easier,
although with the appropriet plot line, and written properly, first
person
point of view is quiet effective.

        As I was mulling over how to continue with my most recent EVA
piece, I realized that I hadn't seen very many fics written in first
person, including most self-inserts. Is that really the way most
pieces
are written, or is it just me?

Actually, I once read a self insertion fic, a Gundam/Babylon 5/Macross
Plus/Macross 7/Tenchi Muyo/Sol Bianca/Whatever The Hell I Can Pack Into
This Thing crossover.  Interesting story too.  

But as a personal preference, I prefer third person.  It allows much
more descriptive views of the surroundings of the story in my opnion.  
-- - Micah D. Potasnik aka Cyclone potas@i-55.com Homepage at: http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Lair/6195/ "This is the White Star Fleet. Negative on surrender...we will not stand down." "Who is this? Identify yourself." "Who am I? I am Susan Ivanova, Commander, daughter of Andrei and Sophie Ivanov. I am the right hand of vengeance, and the boot that is going to kick your sorry ass all the way back to Earth. I am Death incarnate, and the last living thing that you are ever going to see. God sent me." --Commander Susan Ivanova and Earthforce Advanced Destroyer Captain James, From the Babylon 5 episode "Between the Darkness and the Light"