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  • JLiana
    JLiana replied to the thread First or third person?.
    My thinking is that my MC definitely needs someone to push against her in a way that challenges her worldviews, attitudes, etc. She has...
  • Prince of Spires
    Prince of Spires replied to the thread First or third person?.
    If it's just an idea you're having that it could be cool to have teh guy's POV included, then ignore that idea and just keep writing. In...
  • Karlin
    Karlin replied to the thread First or third person?.
    I don't conciously think about any of this, so I don't have a "bitch of a time". I didn't take writing courses, or read stacks of "how...
  • Mad Swede
    Mad Swede replied to the thread History and AI.
    I wonder if you understand. The LLM can identify data which in some way differs from other data in the data set. But this is ONLY done...
  • Prince of Spires
    Prince of Spires replied to the thread Writing styles!.
    In my experience everyone has a unique approach to writing. Everyone's different, which is why all we can do to help someone is suggest...
  • Prince of Spires
    Prince of Spires replied to the thread History and AI.
    It lied or was mistaken about its own methods. An LLM isn't trained to reason in the same way a human is. It's taught to give the most...
  • Malik
    Malik replied to the thread First or third person?.
    NGL, as a pantser you're likely gonna have a real bitch of a time choosing the correct POV to deliver your theme and subtext if you...
  • P
    Penpilot replied to the thread First or third person?.
    I've read books with two main characters told using 1st. You just have to make it clear at the beginning of each section which character...
  • JLiana
    JLiana replied to the thread First or third person?.
    So far I've written in first person subjective with a little interior monologuing. I think I'd write it in third omniscient to retain...
  • pmmg
    pmmg replied to the thread First or third person?.
    I think Moby Dick is the only book that did do that, but... I have heard, name of the wind is this way. Its pretty popular now, but...
  • Gurkhal
    Gurkhal replied to the thread First or third person?.
    Since I personally dislike 1st person and like 3rd person I'm going to recommend that. But I don't have heavier arguments than personal...
  • JLiana
    JLiana replied to the thread First or third person?.
    I've never actually read a book written like that, to be honest!
  • JLiana
    JLiana replied to the thread First or third person?.
    Yeah, I won't lie when I say it's part of the reason I'm reconsidering it.
  • Karlin
    Karlin replied to the thread First or third person?.
    I see that this is a standard thing taught in writing coiurses and so on, but it makes little sense to me. Note that I am a pantser, and...
  • Q
    Quarney replied to the thread ASK ME MORE!.
    The categorizing is not a copy-down of the physical model--it is more like an algorithm aiming to describe the features of demons--just...
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