Mixing first and third person examples
Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2017 6:54 pm
Hi,
I've written a first draft in, roughly, 3rd-omniscient. The story changed a lot during the writing from where I expected it to go and now that I'm revising I'm considering options.
I quite like the idea of opening in first or third-limited, but I know that voice won't work as the story and the landscape unfolds. So, I've been considering mixing first and third (maybe limited, maybe not). I understand care needs to be taken, etc. I know examples of this exist, I'm just not aware of what they are (excluding experimental works, including Ulysses). I wondered whether anyone could recommend examples.
I should perhaps add that the first person parts would be characters and not a narrator.
I've written a first draft in, roughly, 3rd-omniscient. The story changed a lot during the writing from where I expected it to go and now that I'm revising I'm considering options.
I quite like the idea of opening in first or third-limited, but I know that voice won't work as the story and the landscape unfolds. So, I've been considering mixing first and third (maybe limited, maybe not). I understand care needs to be taken, etc. I know examples of this exist, I'm just not aware of what they are (excluding experimental works, including Ulysses). I wondered whether anyone could recommend examples.
I should perhaps add that the first person parts would be characters and not a narrator.