Subject: Re: [FFML] [question] 1st/3rd person narratives
From: Cyclone
Date: 11/7/1997, 5:25 PM
To: fanfic@fanfic.com

Cyclone wrote:

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.
And what I *also* meant to say was that it was in first person
perspective.  
 Loooooooong day.
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