Good question. It is possible to make any one of them work depending on the depth of the storyline I think.
What's your preferred writing style?
Mon, 03/25/2013 - 14:53
#3
BTBLL
Mon, 03/25/2013 - 19:55
#4
First person past. It's the only way to go as far as I am concerned. Prime example: The Big Sleep, by Raymond Chandler. -Latecomer
Tue, 03/26/2013 - 16:24
#5
I would have to go with third person present tense. Mostly because I'm not really turned on by being inflated myself, rather having girls be inflated while I watch (or participate...)
Tue, 03/26/2013 - 16:25
#6
I would have to go with third person present tense. Mostly because I'm not really turned on by being inflated myself, rather having girls be inflated while I watch (or participate...)
Tue, 03/26/2013 - 18:47
#7
doubleintegral
What, no love for second person in the poll?
I when I started off writing I used First Person past, so it was as if the reader was reading a diary, but then I ran into problems bringing other people into the story, or descriptions of things happening that the person writing couldn't know about unless you had a prop (like a mirror), for instance.
The suit had inflated so far that I couldn't turn my head... *a few sentences later* My bottom looked like two black and shiny giant... etc...
In this instance, she couldn't see what her bottom looked like unless there is some other plot device to describe her bottom, i.e. webcam, monitor, mirror, etc.
You've actually hit the nail on the head of one of my biggest pet peeves with first person stories. With a limited perspective comes limited detail which reduces the story's effectiveness, and if someone tries to add that detail then it becomes less believable.
I think it's really hard to write an effective, believable first/second person story. Not many attempt it and most of those that do probably shouldn't. It takes just the right mix of plot, characterization, attention to detail, and general writing chops that most people (myself included) can't pull off.
Wed, 03/27/2013 - 02:08
#8
I only put in the two most common perspectives when writing. I find second person very hard to write for, it's all you do this, you do that. Kind of difficult to get good descriptions in again because you still only have two perspectives.
Wed, 03/27/2013 - 15:02
#9
doubleintegral
I know, I was just kidding.
Fri, 03/29/2013 - 23:36
#10
Agree with doubleintegral. When writing in first person past, you have to use tricks like other characters noticing things about the protagonist or noticing plot cues and then mentioning them to the protagonist in dialogue, in order to convey them to the reader. This is a roundabout way of doing it, but I like it because in my opinion it adds realism. Chandler was a master at this. -Latecomer
Tue, 03/26/2013 - 22:23
#11
Auriga
I used a first person past as an inclusion. When a character in a story is telling others about his adventures. But 99% it is third person past.
Describing inflation in second person seems like a challenge.
Sun, 03/31/2013 - 16:00
#12
CorpulentArtifice
I tend to favor either third or first-person, present tense in my writing. Third-person is definitely preferable in terms of physical descriptions, but first-person can also be good because it lets you inside the character's head, letting you see how inflation feels, how they're reacting to the inflation, etc.
I might also do third-person past tense, but I probably wouldn't do first-person past tense.
Tue, 04/02/2013 - 04:32
#13
I quite like first person past as it feels more like a diary.
Reply if you do something different. I'm experimenting with different styles, I when I started off writing I used First Person past, so it was as if the reader was reading a diary, but then I ran into problems bringing other people into the story, or descriptions of things happening that the person writing couldn't know about unless you had a prop (like a mirror), for instance.
The suit had inflated so far that I couldn't turn my head... *a few sentences later* My bottom looked like two black and shiny giant... etc...
In this instance, she couldn't see what her bottom looked like unless there is some other plot device to describe her bottom, i.e. webcam, monitor, mirror, etc.
Then I tried Third Party, but that seemed to me as if the reader was distanced from the situation, how can you use third party and still keep the reader intimate with the story.