bisexualdinahlance reblogged
too many people are biased against 1st person fiction bc they associate it with shitty YA or booktok romance or whatever (or maybe some other reason, but it’s an opinion I’ve heard nonetheless). But really I think it’s the ideal POV when the narrator is supposed to be the Worst Person Ever
and also narrators who are fucking hilarious. i’ve found that i’ve never been able to replicate the hilarity of someone’s snarky inner monologue with anything other than first person. first person is the most fun to write when the narrator is funny, the worst person ever, or both
#true!#first person can be soooo fun when done well#i think the problem with first person is a lot of people think its easier to write then third person#when in reality its actually much harder to create a distinctive character in first person#thats why it ends up getting associated with shitty ya bc all of the 1st pov ya protags sound the same#its really easy to accidentally fall inyo generic snark if you arent careful#but when someone is good at first person pov? oh ho ho its amazing#like the post says when its a terrible person who is unreliable? oh man best thing in the world#i read lolita this winter and its a very good example of this#writing