At 11:01 AM 6/30/02, Django Wexler wrote:
 >
 >
 >> The real problem with first person is that most stories are difficult
 >to
 >> tell from only one character's POV.
 >
 >>>In this case, I've had no problem, since the series is told from one
 >character's POV, but I can see where that can become a problem,
 >especially
 >if it's a long fanfic or a series of fics. I don't think it's quite as
 >problematic with shortfics.
 >
 >	Also note that this is not necessarily a hard restriction.  My
 >current piece (End of Days) alternates between three first-person
 >viewpoints.  I'm not sure I've actually achieved the effect I've
 >intended, but you can see the same idea used by professional authors in
 >McCafferty's One Heart or Heinlein's Number of the Beast.

Something similar is the BGC fic "Into the Shadows," which uses the 
rotating 1st person POV of 4 different characters.  If you've not seen it 
before, it's in the RAAC archive, and there are links to HTML-ized versions 
at both www.ravensgarage.com and www.jhedge.com



Jeanne Hedge
http://www.jhedge.com

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