The first person is a tradition I relate to and that I use; historically, it's been the voice I work in. But the hair on the back of my neck stands up when I'm referred to as a 'confessional' writer.
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When one is writing a novel in the first person, one must be that person.
All of the narration in 'Smile' is first-person. Most of the books that I grew up reading had first-person narrators for some reason. My diaries were written in this voice, and since this story is autobiographical, it just felt like a natural extension.
Using a first-person narrator is simply a matter of hearing the voice inside yourself.
First-person narrators is the way I know how to write a book with the greatest power and chance of artistic success.
I almost always use first person voice in my novels. It has its limitations, but it gives a sense of immediacy that's hard to create with an anonymous, all-seeing narrator.
My preferred style is to write in first person, so I always have to play around with possible narrator voices until I find something that works.
I like to write first-person because I like to become the character I'm writing.
I normally write in the first person, and my narrators are as real to me as any of the people I have worked with. They live and breathe in my imagination.
The first audience that you have when writing a book is you.
When you're writing first person, all I can see and tell as the author is what that main character can see.
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