I've only done one long thing in First Person but liked it a lot. What you say "he can’t really know what other people are thinking, and it’s tremendous fun to have him get it wrong, because we do" was one of the most interesting things about it. I loved having him get things wrong.
It like reading it too, though I'm not as keen on it in romance, as it can make things feel too one sided to me. I usually want to know what both of the couple are thinking(or however many, not that I'm a menage reader.) I'm not a fan of multiple first person though unless done for very sound stylistic reasons in lit fic, where anything goes!
I read One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest recently, which is first person, with a very unreliable narrator - he's delusional! So in the middle of his describing the happenings on the ward he'll also talk about his delusions as if they were entirely real. It was very interesting!
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Date: 2010-10-20 07:00 pm (UTC)It like reading it too, though I'm not as keen on it in romance, as it can make things feel too one sided to me. I usually want to know what both of the couple are thinking(or however many, not that I'm a menage reader.) I'm not a fan of multiple first person though unless done for very sound stylistic reasons in lit fic, where anything goes!
I read One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest recently, which is first person, with a very unreliable narrator - he's delusional! So in the middle of his describing the happenings on the ward he'll also talk about his delusions as if they were entirely real. It was very interesting!