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Post by Kisaka on Apr 20, 2014 22:07:33 GMT -6
What's your preferred method of writing? Do you like writing in 1st person? 2nd person? How about scripts? Or a mix of script and 3rd person? What makes you the most comfortable writing/ which way inspires you the most to write more and more?
I personally love writing and reading stories in 1st person. Maybe it's just because I feel I have a better understanding (and my reader has a better understanding) of how the person is feeling and can really connect and relate to the story. It's a very powerful writing method in my opinion.
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Post by Missy R. on Apr 20, 2014 22:34:15 GMT -6
I cannot write in first person. I don't know, sometimes when I write in first person I find it hard to fit in information that the character doesn't know of until a certain point. I'm better with third person and past tense. Though sometimes when I try to write in the second person and present tense (for little drabbles involving the reader and stuff) I keep going back and forth between tenses. I tend to forget these things sometimes.
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Post by mermaiden on Apr 21, 2014 17:52:12 GMT -6
I've never really been better in than another in any of the other ways of writing. While I love to do it (I'm actually in my town's writers club.  ) I've never found one that I've been particularly good at. |
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Post by Evan on Apr 21, 2014 19:00:16 GMT -6
I can write any style to some degree of success, but writing in general is something I do very little of these days. Most of my writing was done in third person, past tense, but now most of the writing I do is in script format since it's usually, well, a script.
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Post by pilotobvious on Apr 21, 2014 19:04:09 GMT -6
I keep thinking of little stories I want to write about, mostly twists on my daily life that I think would be an interesting read, and I always imagine them in first person... so I suppose first person is my preferred method.
I find I always have trouble writing in third person. I switch tenses too much.
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Post by squishie on May 3, 2014 13:32:13 GMT -6
First person past tense is the one I use the most but I'm writing a story right now that's first person present tense.
It took a little bit to get used to it and I made a lot of tense mistakes at first but I think I fixed them and I like it now.
It became easier when I imagined myself as the main character and in my mind narrated what I was going through as the story was going on.
The things that were happening too fast for me to think about until after they happened and the things that were fast and unexpected are in the past tense.
Does anyone have advice about doing present tense? I searched on the internet but there's not a lot of advice because I guess it's not popular.
Would you guys read a story in present sense? Do you think I should switch it to past tense?
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Post by Kisaka on May 3, 2014 16:23:17 GMT -6
Hmm... I'm not really sure that I have any advice per se for writing in present tense first person, but I know that if I were to write in that way, my stories would be very long and I'd have a hard time finding something interesting to write about unless I did a lot of time skips! How do you go about it that makes it flow well in present tense?
I feel that past tense is a lot easier to write in, but switching to present tense depending on the situation, might be good.
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Post by squishie on May 3, 2014 17:35:28 GMT -6
Hmm... I'm not really sure that I have any advice per se for writing in present tense first person, but I know that if I were to write in that way, my stories would be very long and I'd have a hard time finding something interesting to write about unless I did a lot of time skips! How do you go about it that makes it flow well in present tense? I feel that past tense is a lot easier to write in, but switching to present tense depending on the situation, might be good. Um, for transitions, I don't do much different than in past tense. For example, a character thinks or says that they're going somewhere and in the next scene they're there. I've been thinking that as long as I have a segue line or two going in and out of a skip, it's okay...but I'll have to get more opinions on that when I've got enough done to make a demo (forgot to mention that this story is for a Visual Novel I've been making). There's one time skip between chapter one and two that's very sudden, but I think it works okay because of the situation. But I think scenes do tend to drag on in my story if I'm not careful. Usually during editing I cut out many, many lines that I think aren't necessary so that I keep things at a quick enough pace to suit each scene. It really depends on who's reading it though. I've been thinking that maybe some (or a lot of  ) people might still think that the beginning of my story is too long. It's supposed to be more calm and normal because it shows the main character's regular life before she get's thrown into the plot which has more action. But, just because it's supposed to be calm doesn't mean it shouldn't be interesting so I'm planning on partially rewriting the first chapter. ...I'm the type of person who keeps rewriting things over and over because I'm not satisfied with it though. At some point I'm just going to have to leave it alone and move on to the next chapters otherwise I'll never be done with it. OTL |
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Post by otakrap on May 3, 2014 19:10:03 GMT -6
I suppose I'll put something here.
Usually I end up doing third person past tense, cause I only use first person if I'm talking about myself. Generally when I tell a story to someone, it has already happened. If something has happened in the past then it would probably mean that past tense should be used, and usually people wont tell stories while they're in the story I would assume. In most of my "cartoon stories" these events don't apply to myself, but rather the characters that I am talking about. It also becomes confusing who "I" is referring to sometimes, especially if the POV changes.
Other than that, I actually wrote a short story in second person before once. Its... rather weird.
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Post by squishie on May 3, 2014 19:24:10 GMT -6
I suppose I'll put something here. Usually I end up doing third person past tense, cause I only use first person if I'm talking about myself. Generally when I tell a story to someone, it has already happened. If something has happened in the past then it would probably mean that past tense should be used, and usually people wont tell stories while they're in the story I would assume. In most of my "cartoon stories" these events don't apply to myself, but rather the characters that I am talking about. It also becomes confusing who "I" is referring to sometimes, especially if the POV changes. Other than that, I actually wrote a short story in second person before once. Its... rather weird. I love the second person in old Dungeons and Dragons type video games. "Your party enters the spooky cave wearily, in search of a place to rest. Suddenly a dire bear lunges at you from the shadows and eats your friend. Roll dice to see which friend is bear chow." One day...I'm going to make a second person game. |
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Post by Kisaka on May 4, 2014 18:29:11 GMT -6
Now here's a question: Being a person who is thrilled to use first-person, do you find it weird/upsetting/breaking the flow if in changing a few chapters, the point of view is changed to another character of the story? For example, chapter 1-3 is done in CHARACTER A's POV, and then in chapter 4-6 it changes to his friend or another person who is a part of the others life.
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Post by otakrap on May 4, 2014 18:44:37 GMT -6
Now here's a question: Being a person who is thrilled to use first-person, do you find it weird/upsetting/breaking the flow if in changing a few chapters, the point of view is changed to another character of the story? For example, chapter 1-3 is done in CHARACTER A's POV, and then in chapter 4-6 it changes to his friend or another person who is a part of the others life. I've already said, "It also becomes confusing who "I" is referring to sometimes, especially if the POV changes."Abstract stuff is nice and all sometimes, but some stories take it way too far. @_@ |
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Post by squishie on May 4, 2014 19:15:13 GMT -6
Now here's a question: Being a person who is thrilled to use first-person, do you find it weird/upsetting/breaking the flow if in changing a few chapters, the point of view is changed to another character of the story? For example, chapter 1-3 is done in CHARACTER A's POV, and then in chapter 4-6 it changes to his friend or another person who is a part of the others life. There were games and stories I read that did this in the middle of the story after around 5-10 chapters which broke the flow for me quite a bit. I had gotten so used to the main character's POV after a while and I didn't expect the story to change POVs at all. One time it took me a few paragraphs to even realize that I was reading another person's POV. It was very confusing. 1-3 chapters might be okay for me, depending on how long the chapters are. But, I really don't mind if stories suddenly change POVs if there's a good reason and if it's very clear that the POV has changed and who it has changed to (unless it's supposed to be a mystery). If it breaks the flow for me a little bit, so be it if the new perspective is worth it. Another case is that if stories change POVs consistently from the beginning, I don't find it so jarring and get used to it quickly. I go into a story half-expecting it might change POVs in the beginning since many prologue to chapter one transitions do that (especially in the murder mystery books I've read). I don't use POV shifts often myself but there was one short story I wrote that was basically split in half, one was one main character's POV and the other was the other main character's POV. The whole story was only around 4-5 pages long if I remember right and it was probably a jarring transition for my classmates that read it but...I think it's okay because both of the main characters went through jarring and sudden transitions themselves at that moment so it was kind of the effect I was going for. |
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) I've never found one that I've been particularly good at.
) people might still think that the beginning of my story is too long. It's supposed to be more calm and normal because it shows the main character's regular life before she get's thrown into the plot which has more action. But, just because it's supposed to be calm doesn't mean it shouldn't be interesting so I'm planning on partially rewriting the first chapter.
