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I agree with Dmitri. First person is too limiting. If you need to fill in some history, you could go for omniscient author. Or you could do what I've done and have separate threads. (I have three, so you see things from three different points of view.)

That's also a good possibility.

Thanks.

--readers often find first-person narrators terribly self-absorbed.--

That was exactly what I was aiming for with my Fred Ireland character of last year, but not now.

--[Second-person's a real challenge, but could be done. ] --

Maybe next year...

--How much to tell. Meaning: do you limit your story to what your characters could reasonably know, or do you, as omniscient observer, let the reader in on what the characters don't know?--


That is exactly the reason why I tend to lean toward third person instead of first.


Caiman Raptor Elk goes home to start writing epic history.(or not)

Great!

And good point about Fred Ireland - there are three great reasons for first-person narrative:

1. You can keep the reader in the dark, since the narrator doesn't know stuff.
2. You can define the character by the way he/she tells things.
3. You can mess with the reader's mind by using an unreliable narrator.

One tip, though: if your main character isn't a 'sharer' - and mine tend not to be, they don't like to talk much - don't use them for narrators. Getting a narrative out of a laconic character is like pulling teeth...

That is a check on all three...

My story will unfold in A88003857

How it will end is still a mystery to me as well.

Thank you! Sounds interesting.