Fanfic Question

[jetpack_monkey]

Do you find first-person present-tense narratives an enjoyable read? Would you read one? I'm writing a fic right now, and it just feels like a first-person present-tense narrative. I've been intrigued by the style since my introduction to the work of Dave Eggers, but if it's not something that people will find readable, then I'd rather not waste a lot of time on writing that way.

Comments

[jetpack-monkey.livejournal.com]

*nod* I think I'm sticking with the traditional 3rd person past tense that some 3000 words of the story is already written in. I just really feel like my writing gets really dry like that, especially since I still have the "Heroes"-era block up of "show, don't tell. Internal processes are verboten. Adverbs will shot on sight." So I have a lot of body language described in very clincial terms, and the story is starting to put me to sleep.