First person, absolutely. I never write in third person if I can avoid it. I think half (or more) of the fun in the writing process is finding a new and exciting way to tell a story, a new perspective, a new way to play with tone and voice. I prefer to read first person, too--with the caveat that the first person narrator needs to be a character first, and not a thinly-veiled author insert peering at the story through long-range binoculars. |