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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.
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.
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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).
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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?
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