Fake 1st Person

[AlexBailey]

This takes me back to The Catcher in the Rye.

It’s chock full of introspection and self-analysis, some without directly stating it, yet effectively showing the MC’s biases and assumptions. There is plenty of room for the first person narrator to be unreliable and it’s relatable largely because of it - unless the reader is so personally full of themselves that insecurity has no place in their fiction.

 

[Britva415]

If a poster says they prefer first person to third person or past tense to present tense, who cares? That's just one opinion. Until there's data that shows which performs better, write what you want.

What if you want to write what you want, regardless of performance?

 

[VerbalAbuse]

What if you want to write what you want, regardless of performance?

yes! fuck the stats!

 

[VerbalAbuse]

This takes me back to The Catcher in the Rye.

It’s chock full of introspection and self-analysis, some without directly stating it, yet effectively showing the MC’s biases and assumptions. There is plenty of room for the first person narrator to be unreliable and it’s relatable largely because of it - unless the reader is so personally full of themselves that insecurity has no place in their fiction.

Holden is a lyin', conniving, phony, insecure and full of himself prick. He has no respect for elders, only contempt for peers, thinks he's better than everybody, cares for nobody (for most of the story). You're right to point The Catcher in the Rye. Maybe we can learn something from that novel.

 

[Britva415]

yes! fuck the stats!

I mean, "fuck what AH thread starters think" also naturally follows.

 

[VerbalAbuse]

I mean, "fuck what AH thread starters think" also naturally follows.

exactly. make it personal.