got to do my writing

[jennickels]

But do I stick with trying to force out another chapter of my novel (since I lost the wonderful high I was on in the hospital that allowed me to push out over 2000 words that I actually liked and enjoyed writing or do I write this fantasy/hospital hate fic that's been rolling in my head since this morning that might be good therapy for me?

ETA: Realized that the 1300 words I put in were actually this morning at like 1am! So I did my writing for today. I'm so out of it.

I think I'm going to do some therapy writing.

Question: Adult fic--first person/present tense or 3rd person/past?
Which would you rather read.

I'm so into 1st/present because of my YA writing I'm not sure I can switch back and forth. I started the therapy story and it turned out 1st/present but I'm pretty sure I've heard most adults complain about that tense saying it's the sign of an immature author and other not-so-nice things.

Maybe I should try the 3rd person. Something different.

Comments

[xfirefly9x.livejournal.com]

No preference on tense or POV. If it's well-written, that's the important part.

[bluewillowtree.livejournal.com]

I don't have much of a preference between past and present, but I've always preferred the third-person. I particularly like stories from multiple points of view, and third-person gives writers the room to do that. Mary Higgins Clark, whom I've been reading since I was a kid, has lately started writing in the first-person with some chapters from other PoVs in the third-person. I really don't think it works; it's kind of distracting.

I don't hate first-person or anything, just prefer third.