Ok, I am reworking an old novel I wrote--the very first I completed. (well the first that was worth the paper it was written on, anyway) I have done it in three POV's; all knowing, first person present tense, and limited third.
Oddly, I am finding that I like the present tense first person the best.
Is anyone up to reading the three versions--one chapter--no crit!!! I just want to have a few opinions on which one works best---and if you think a person could stand reading through an entire novel of present tense--think about 120,000 words of novel.
The chapter is about 3,000 words--so that times three.
Yes, its rough and needs other work---I am just interested in the POV tense issue right now.
Shawn
Posted by Balthasar (Member # 5399) on :
I'd like to take a look.
And for what it's worth, I find that after a few pages of reading present tense I'm blind to it. The longest story I've ever read in present tense was Robert Silverberg's novella, "Hot Times in Magma City," and I didn't find it too strange or distracting.
Posted by Hildy9595 (Member # 1489) on :
I'd be up for it, too, Shawn. Please send to hildy9595@aol.com.
Posted by teddyrux (Member # 1595) on :
I'll have a look at it.
teddyruxdoll@email.msn.com
Posted by srhowen (Member # 462) on :
Hildy---the e-mail I sent you bounced said you were not accepting mail from me?
Shawn
Posted by GZ (Member # 1374) on :
I'd be happy to help. Email's in the profile.
Posted by Hildy9595 (Member # 1489) on :
Shawn, it did? That's really weird...I don't have any blockers on my AOL account. Damned Time Warner.
Try this one instead: hdicompany@aol.com. Let me know if it does anything hostile.
Hildy
Posted by Survivor (Member # 213) on :
You already know my POV preferances, but if you really feel that the various versions are about equal as far as you can tell, I respect your judgement enough to be interested in reading all three versions (please don't let me down here, sr).
Posted by GZ (Member # 1374) on :
Shawn, I’m curious. Which POV did people tend to prefer/find would work for novel lenght for the story, if you don’t mind sharing your reader research?
Hildy