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“She” or “I”? [narration style poll] (Patreon)

Published:
2025-04-18 09:45:21
Edited:
2025-04-18 09:47:32
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“She” or “I”? [narration style poll]

  • “She” 69
  • “I” 122
  • 2025-04-18
  • 191 votes
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Content

While I’m planning the storytelling part for my Sleepy Lake project, I’d like to ask you another question! How do you think should the narration look like? Should it be from Selena’s eyes like: “I enjoyed the beautiful scenery outside”, or from the storyteller’s side, like: “Selena enjoyed the beautiful scenery outside”?

The narration style will probably affect the whole storytelling aspect because Selena obviously sees less than the storyteller. On the other side, her storytelling might be more… engaging?

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Safira the Panda

This was a really hard decision. But as the pictures show the story from a third person view, I'd prefer the storytelling from a third person view as well.

Jim R

I is always great for suspense. You can always pull narrative bits out with some thing like "Unbeknownst to Selena, the yogurt in the fridge has gone bad."

Niniss59kn

I like Selena's new design, it looks like she came from a Slave.V-V-R music video❤️

Darwinskeeper

Writing from the first person view ("I") can be very difficult, that's one reason why I've always written in third person omniscient ("she" where her stories are being told by a god like person who can see and hear everything). It also limits the story teller to things that main character would be expected to know. That said, the first person view, if done well, can make a story far more immersive.

HolyGeralt

I‘m usually more engaged in a story when it‘s told from a first person view

iamzid

hmm, most books i read are from third person. the only exception i can think of would be an autobiography, but that's like someone explaining what happened to them, right? i think if you're writing it like a long form story then it should be in third person like: "I'm having such a nice time on this train ride." Selena thought to herself. "the scenery is so beautiful." suddenly the door opened and a woman entered her cabin. "huh, who are you? this is a private cabin" she said with a start. instead of i was having a nice time on the train ride, it was spring and the scenery was beautiful. suddenly, a woman i didn't recognize entered my cabin. surprised, i asked who they were. i was supposed to be alone.

Jim D

I think from the perspective of the narrator in a live action play. The narrator and the MC are two different characters. You also rarely get a lot of monologuing. It all depends on if you want to really let the audience into the characters heads. You can only get into one persons head from a first person perspective. It's an artistic choice. Go with what feels right for you as the writer.

Spartan277

Always go for She, She makes the story go smoother, I can lead to limiting ways to tell the story and can come off as self centered and annoying. Its a literary rule

Aralan Stradivari

Both can absolutely work, I have a personal preference for third person, and being sort of over the character’s shoulder. First person can absolutely work, but both have their ups and downs.

Takkin Faircrest

To me it comes down to how personable I want to make the story and the other outside elements, that will impact the character, that I know will be involved. I'll ask myself, will the perspective impact how I can convey those future events? If so, can I still get what I want to say across well, and have the reader experience things strongly, in that perspective? 'She' can sometimes disengage a reader from potentially experiencing a deeper emotional connection with your character/story. However it can give more insight into the larger plot going on and how all those elements and events are interacting, and can help explain things to your reader so they don't feel confused. While using that first person perspective can really pull a reader into that emotional bond and connection with the character. It can limit what you can reveal to your readers, but with some creative writing and different chapters from other perspectives, you can resolve that.

Perfesser Bear

A few years ago I wrote a furry science fiction story for a competition. Three-quarters of the way through I realized that it would have worked much better if I had used the protagonist as the narrator. First Person 'I' instead of Third Person 'he'. Of course by then I would have missed the deadline...

Ilçeren

There are also times when even while speaking in first person, she can talk about things happening outside of her perception if she's narrating the story from the future, instead of narrating from her point of view as she's taking place. But then you'd have to make it so the whole story is conveyed in past tense rather than present or past imperfect tense