First or third?

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First or third?

First or third?

When writing stories, do you prefer to use first person or thrid person? I usually like first person, but if I have a story with a lot of main characters I use third.

submitted by PiperC., age 12, Atlantis
(April 14, 2012 - 3:26 pm)

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I don't know. I like third person better most of the time, actually. The real question for me are the different types of third person.

submitted by Emily L., age 16
(April 14, 2012 - 4:04 pm)

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submitted by Blink
(April 21, 2012 - 7:20 pm)

I like third person better because you're not confined in a single person's POV.

submitted by Olive
(April 22, 2012 - 7:57 pm)

I usually (almost always) write in third person limited myself. I hatehatehate third person omniscient, mostly because of bad fanfic (in which it is so pervasive that the two have practically become synonymous). First person usually bugs me, because people do not think that way, and on the rare occasion that I write in first person it takes the form of direct stream of conscious and comes off sounding pretty insane because I tend to think in non-sequiturs (and in third person, but that's neither here nor there). 

submitted by TNÖ, age 18, Deep Space
(April 23, 2012 - 1:29 am)

I like using first person rotating points of view, then usually end up writing in third person, but focusing on one person and their thoughts. 

submitted by Melody, age 13, Just being awesome
(April 23, 2012 - 4:49 pm)

Well, for RP's I like first person, but usually I write third person when I write books. It's easier that way for me for some reason. 

submitted by Tiffany W.
(April 23, 2012 - 5:31 pm)

I usually write in third person.

submitted by Ivy, age 12, Camelot
(April 23, 2012 - 9:27 pm)

It depends on the story.

submitted by Ghostly-Alex, age 10, Slowly coming back.
(May 3, 2012 - 5:54 pm)

It really depends on the story.

submitted by Sasha B., age 13, California
(May 5, 2012 - 7:00 pm)

I wrote my first book in third, but mostly I've been writing in first, recently.  I feel like it helps me stay on track and not go into big describing things.  Although, first does have it's limitations.  I always think it would be fun to write a book where the chapters rotate between first, second and third person.

submitted by Holmes
(May 22, 2012 - 7:15 pm)