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can’t decide between first person or third, any tips to help? I usually write in third for fanfics but I’m now writing my own story and am so torn

First Person vs. Third Person POV

Both point of views have different abilities to narrate a story. I'm not going to use pros and cons for this, because I believe that it depends on the way you want to tell a story, if these aspects are helpful for you or not.

First Person POV

The narrator is a direct part of the story and narrates what they see and feel with using "I" (or "we").

Features of first-person pov:

it offers a direct link to the story

the story can feel more real and believable

the narrator is part of the situation, but you as the author can still decide if they are an active participant or if they are watching from the sidelines

the whole story is them talking about their experiences

therefore, the story is always subjective and full of what the narrator thinks, feels and believes to be true

if they are also not telling the story in the moment, but rather recounting it, they can also recount some things differently than how they actually happened

a first person pov is the easiest way to create an unreliable narrator

Third Person POV

The narrator is the author, who is detached from the story and narrates the lives of characters without being one of them. The narrator calls the characters by their name or their pronouns.

You have three different options:

Third-person omniscient:

This narrator is all-knowing and can tell the whole story as it is, from every perspective, but not limited to a single character. They know what every character is thinking and feeling and what their motivations are.

Third-person limited:

This narrator is limited to the inner feelings of a limited amount of characters, often just the protagonist.

Third-person objective:

This narrator tells the story completely objective, just telling what can be seen without commenting on it and not going into the thoughts and motivations of specific characters.

Features of third-person pov:

it allows the reader to emerge themselves into the thoughts and motivations of one or more characters, therefore making it almost feel like first-person pov

it can also be objective, with just the characters' dialogues and actions telling the reader about them

it allows the author to jump between scenes and times more easily

the author can tell multiple storylines at the same time (also possible with multiple first-person povs, but the jump between different times is easier for the reader in third-person)

by using third-person pov the author can decide completely on how much they want to tell the reader at any given point

- Jana

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So there’s been a user, R from Lightning, going around asking people via their profiles to buy dragons. Not to say someone can’t do that! I’ve done it myself before. No, the problem is when they’re told ‘no’ or ‘I need this dragon for a bit longer.’ Then they absolutely refuse to drop it. I had it happen to me- They picked a dragon from my hibden that was not in any of my sales tabs or labeled as for sale and asked to buy him. I told them no but offered to breed the dragon in question and give them an offspring instead (I’m attached to the dragon and frankly I didn’t want to send him off to their lair too be borrowed and man I’m glad I didn’t!). Instead, they offered a small amount of treasure and gems and a copy of him when they bred him. All the while going on about how they absolutely had to have him and it was sooo important that it was that dragon. Um. No. I declined politely again, and then they came back around with the attitude of a kid who’s never been told no and frankly, acted like they’d successfully annoyed people into just giving them dragons in the past, like me saying no twice was me playing coy, and basically demanded I sell him…so I blocked them and moved on. But, before I did I checked out their profile and lo and behold, they’d been doing it to someone else at the same time! Who also said no multiple times and was actually very annoyed at that point! Lovely! So. TLDR: R from Lightning will not take no for an answer if they come around to your profile looking to buy a dragon! Handle them as you will, but be prepared to be annoyed!

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