First Person

Never liked first person. Every time I pick up a book and find it's written in first person, I put it down. It bothers me to "be" someone else. Can't relate. Particulary if that someone else is female. Nothing against females. But since I'm not a woman, I don't like reading a book that turns me into one. At least, that's the way it seems to me.

I should probably read the book as if it's someone else's diary. That way all the first person perspectives make more sense. But I still don't take it that way. When I read a book, I like to pretend I'm watching a movie. I know a lot of movies are narrated, as in first person, but that way seems different. I know in both cases, you have a narrator telling me their story. It's just that, to me, anyway, when I read it, instead of hear it, it turns me into that person.

I write in third person, and I think the advantages of third person outweigh those of first person. A year or two ago I read someone's blog which was about all the reasons why they hated first person. I wish I could remember who that was and link to it, because I was nodding my head in agreement. Every point they made was right on.

For the YA novel I'm planning, I considered writing it in first person. Don't think I will, though.