Monday, July 13, 2009
Wha...? Why?
I started reading this book yesterday and had to re-read the first couple of paragraphs before I figured out why it was bothering me so much. Why is it in first person present tense? Is she going through the book with a tape recorder stuck in her face, dictating every thought? I got this prepared for the first person because many authors opt for it for the built-in benefits (even when it's not being written as the character's memoir, which bothers me but I can work with it), but the present tense totally threw me for a loop. Are either of these style choices explained? Do either of them add anything to this work?
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Actually, I like books written in first person. It was the present tense that really threw me off. Don't get me wrong, I equally enjoy books written in third person.
A character in past tense has lived through something while a character in the present tense has the possibility of dying
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