A Snippet

[megleigh]

a small bit from what I am working on today. This is from a draft of the first chapter and I am playing with first person pov, I don't know if the story will remain in 1st person or if I will change it to 3rd. Enjoy!

Adventures often commence unexpectedly, and mine was no different. It began with the sudden death of my father. As deaths go, his

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[erastes]

It sounds very intriguing. The first person works well for such a personal narrative.

[megleigh]

Thanks, I am continuing with the first person for the moment, it seems to be working, and of course now I keep having to stop to check my historical knowledge of things, so it's the usual see-saw of write, research, write that I find myself on when I start a new venture, but that is the way it works for me except when I lose myself in research and the whole afternoon slips by unawares as it did today.

[clarelondon]

Hi, I agree, the first person POV comes across well. I use it a lot, instinctively. The good thing is the ability to delve into your hero's character more deeply, to carry the reader along with you. The downsides I've found are that you can't probe the personal motivation of anyone else in the book *lol* and you're limited to describing only something your hero can have seen her/himself.

Good luck with it!
^_^

[megleigh]

Yes, Della has a strong voice and it's her voice I hear most when I think of this story, so I will keep going. I hear you on the drawbacks of First Person, I always find it bugs me when I can't bring across what I know the other character is thinking, unless I let him say it in front of the pov character.

We will see how it progresses. I know what's coming and I am currently wrestling with questions of logic.

Such fun.