fanfic conventions (not the get together kind)

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Here's another opportunity for my friends to laugh at me. *waves to jungleeyedgirl* So, I'm new to the fanfic scene, but I've lately started to embrace it with the zeal of the newly converted. I don't read tons of though. I generally rely on the recommendations of trusted others. For one of the fics that I'm planning, I'm considering the idea of writing it in the first person. I don't think I've seen that done in the fanfic world, which means that it's poll time for me. Feel free to talk back to me in the comments about your answers, or what your answers would have been if they had been listed as an option. Or to mock. That's okay too.

[Poll #1109687]

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[suzannemarie.livejournal.com]

The brain share still lives: Interestingly, I also just finished a book that switched back and forth too. One character was "historical" and his sections were told in the first person past tense. The present tense contemporary person's story was told in present tense third person. It took some getting used to, but in the end it was really deftly done--and really fit nicely with how the book resolved.

(If you tell me that you're also talking about a YA book by Susan Cooper called Victory I may officially become frightened.)

[aurora-novarum.livejournal.com]

Nah, it was by a guy named Cohen I picked up in the mystery aisle of the library. (I just randomly wander and pick books that fit my fancy based on cover/title/what's towards the end of a row--and then I'll usually end up reading as much by that author as possible if I like them, and move off to the next. Mystery novels=popcorn). "The Woods" was the book title.

He's apparently a best seller, and his books are...readable, but not fantastic.

I'm still not sure why the one character was in first person. Were we supposed to relate to him more than the others (he was a suspect at one point), was this a way to make him the most sympathetic character? Just a way to clearly indicate the protagonist?