please blather all you want, I found it quite compelling.
I really can't remember the last time I managed to write something in the past tense. One day I found I'd slipped into present and have never managed to slip out of it. I think I need to do some exercises where I'm deliberately writing in past tense.
I too prefer third person limited, the tighter the POV the happier I am. I get dizzy sometimes when writers skip person to person from paragraph to another, there *needs* to be a chapter break/scene/something or IMO it's just lazy writing.
I have an insane ADORATION of second POV. I can't write it for shit but I love it when it's done well.
I think in certain instances, for example like Veronica Mars when a show has a heavy first person voice over, that first person POV works *really* well. When it's arbitrary like say ... Anita Blake books? It grates on my nerves. Or maybe that's just the crappy writing.
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I really can't remember the last time I managed to write something in the past tense. One day I found I'd slipped into present and have never managed to slip out of it. I think I need to do some exercises where I'm deliberately writing in past tense.
I too prefer third person limited, the tighter the POV the happier I am. I get dizzy sometimes when writers skip person to person from paragraph to another, there *needs* to be a chapter break/scene/something or IMO it's just lazy writing.
I have an insane ADORATION of second POV. I can't write it for shit but I love it when it's done well.
I think in certain instances, for example like Veronica Mars when a show has a heavy first person voice over, that first person POV works *really* well. When it's arbitrary like say ... Anita Blake books? It grates on my nerves. Or maybe that's just the crappy writing.