At 10:36 AM 6/30/02, Kevin Callahan wrote:
>Gary Kleppe(?) wrote:
>> I'd have to disagree with this. There are advantages to doing first
>> person -- it unambiguously defines your story's POV, and nothing better
>> brings out the unique "voice" that you mentioned elsewhere. Yes, it's
>> hard to do well, but all of this stuff is hard to do well. Doesn't mean
>> we shouldn't try. ^_^;;
>
>I also disagree. My main fanfic project at the moment is all first person,
>but it's based on KOR. Although the TV series wasn't always first person,
>most of it, and both of the movies were narrated by the main character,
>Kyosuke. In order to maintain the feel I want, I have to write in first
>person. There is no other choice really.
The difficulty in writing 1st person POV is that the reader can only have
as much information as the POV character does. If the reader knows more
than the POV does about what's going on in that particular story, then the
writer has blown all reason for using 1st person POV.
However, unless your story is totally original and not part of any form of
series (or the reader is not familiar with any form of the series you're
writing in), it's nearly impossible to pull this off in any way that will
be surprising to the reader, particularly when writing fanfic. This is
because the reader will already know things about the characters, from
prior stories or uses of the characters. What surprise is it for your
reader if your 1st person POV character goes to Nabiki Tendo for a loan? -
the only one likely to be surprised is the POV, as reader probably already
knows she's highly likely to turn him down flat or charge extortionate
interest rates.
Jeanne Hedge
http://www.jhedge.com
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