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srhowen
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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.

Shawn


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Balthasar
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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.


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I'd be up for it, too, Shawn. Please send to hildy9595@aol.com.
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I'll have a look at it.

teddyruxdoll@email.msn.com


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srhowen
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Hildy---the e-mail I sent you bounced said you were not accepting mail from me?

Shawn


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GZ
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I'd be happy to help. Email's in the profile.
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Hildy9595
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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


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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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