changing person in the middle of a series - CrimeSpace2024-03-29T05:10:24Zhttp://crimespace.ning.com/forum/topics/changing-person-in-the-middle-of-a-series?feed=yes&xn_auth=noThis is SO useful.
It's one…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2012-07-23:537324:Comment:3502642012-07-23T20:38:26.556ZCammy May Hunnicutthttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/CammyMayHunnicutt
<p>This is SO useful.</p>
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<p>It's one reason I like this site better than so many other writer forums. Instead of people saying "Oh, you have to do this" or "No, you can't do that" you get actual information that makes it clear.</p>
<p>This is SO useful.</p>
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<p>It's one reason I like this site better than so many other writer forums. Instead of people saying "Oh, you have to do this" or "No, you can't do that" you get actual information that makes it clear.</p> My first novel, "The Boss of…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2012-07-12:537324:Comment:3489932012-07-12T21:37:18.471ZJed Powerhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JedPower
<p>My first novel, "The Boss of Hampton Beach" is in third person. It's coming out in e within days & 2 weeks in paper. My second, "Hampton Beach Homicide," in the same Dan Marlowe series, is coming out in the fall. It is in 1st person. I don't see why not. I'll see how things go. From the response I get with each & whichever I feel more comfortable with, I'll be able to make a decision on future books in the series. </p>
<p>My first novel, "The Boss of Hampton Beach" is in third person. It's coming out in e within days & 2 weeks in paper. My second, "Hampton Beach Homicide," in the same Dan Marlowe series, is coming out in the fall. It is in 1st person. I don't see why not. I'll see how things go. From the response I get with each & whichever I feel more comfortable with, I'll be able to make a decision on future books in the series. </p> Lee Child's first, Killing Fl…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2012-07-07:537324:Comment:3487042012-07-07T06:27:09.084ZJohn Dishonhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/whiteskwirl
<p>Lee Child's first, <em>Killing Floor</em> is told in first-person. His second, <em>Die Trying</em>, was in third-person. He's switched other times as well.</p>
<p>Lee Child's first, <em>Killing Floor</em> is told in first-person. His second, <em>Die Trying</em>, was in third-person. He's switched other times as well.</p> Man, my memory is really goin…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2012-07-07:537324:Comment:3485942012-07-07T06:10:50.855ZminervaKhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/minervakoenig
<p>Man, my memory is really going. I've read Lee Child and Michael Connelly, and I can't remember the switch in voices. I'm going to assume it's because they did it so well I didn't even notice.</p>
<p>Thanks for putting my overactive worry center to rest, guys.</p>
<p>Man, my memory is really going. I've read Lee Child and Michael Connelly, and I can't remember the switch in voices. I'm going to assume it's because they did it so well I didn't even notice.</p>
<p>Thanks for putting my overactive worry center to rest, guys.</p> And as someone here mentioned…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2012-07-06:537324:Comment:3486782012-07-06T18:00:41.999ZDavid DeLeehttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/DavidDeLee
<p>And as someone here mentioned, Lee Child's Reacher series, some are first person, some are third.</p>
<p>Interesting to hear why Connelly did that. I didn't know.</p>
<p>And as someone here mentioned, Lee Child's Reacher series, some are first person, some are third.</p>
<p>Interesting to hear why Connelly did that. I didn't know.</p> If you'll read the Afterword…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2012-07-05:537324:Comment:3486492012-07-05T21:15:32.525ZGil Millerhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/GilMiller
<p>If you'll read the Afterword in Crime Beat, MIchael Connelly's nonfiction book, he wrote the two Bosch books in first person as an homage to the first-person LA PI novel. Once Bosch rejoined the LAPD, though, he went back to third person. I've also seen several writers these days who write their protagonist in first person and all other characters in third person. And David Schow, in his novel Upgunned, uses first person for all the characters. So I think you're safe no matter which way you…</p>
<p>If you'll read the Afterword in Crime Beat, MIchael Connelly's nonfiction book, he wrote the two Bosch books in first person as an homage to the first-person LA PI novel. Once Bosch rejoined the LAPD, though, he went back to third person. I've also seen several writers these days who write their protagonist in first person and all other characters in third person. And David Schow, in his novel Upgunned, uses first person for all the characters. So I think you're safe no matter which way you decide to go.</p> Thanks, Chris. I knew someone…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2012-07-05:537324:Comment:3484912012-07-05T20:42:51.636ZDana Kinghttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/DanaKing
<p>Thanks, Chris. I knew someone well-known had done it, but could not for the life of me remember. It's Connelly.</p>
<p>Thanks, Chris. I knew someone well-known had done it, but could not for the life of me remember. It's Connelly.</p> Michael Connelly changed from…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2012-07-05:537324:Comment:3484832012-07-05T15:52:25.364ZChristopher Valenhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/ChristopherValen
<p>Michael Connelly changed from third to first person with Harry Bosch in his 2003 novel, Lost Light, after Bosch left the LAPD and became a private investigator. He continued using first person in The Narrows in 2004 when Bosch returned to the LAPD. However, in The Closers, released in 2005, Connelly was once again writing in the third person. </p>
<p>Michael Connelly changed from third to first person with Harry Bosch in his 2003 novel, Lost Light, after Bosch left the LAPD and became a private investigator. He continued using first person in The Narrows in 2004 when Bosch returned to the LAPD. However, in The Closers, released in 2005, Connelly was once again writing in the third person. </p> Hey, don't think I haven't th…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2012-07-04:537324:Comment:3484572012-07-04T06:05:02.870ZminervaKhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/minervakoenig
<p>Hey, don't think I haven't thought of promising the third book in second person as a selling point. "Switching POVs: it's a <em>thing</em> I do."</p>
<p>Hey, don't think I haven't thought of promising the third book in second person as a selling point. "Switching POVs: it's a <em>thing</em> I do."</p> Stephen Dobyns wrote a great…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2012-07-03:537324:Comment:3483832012-07-03T17:37:24.435ZJon Loomishttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JonLoomis
<p>Stephen Dobyns wrote a great series set around the thoroughbred track in Saratoga Springs--really smart, fun books. Most of them were in third person, but at least one was in first person, told in the POV of the sidekick. It was weird, in a way, but Dobyns is a terrific writer and he made it work. That series is one of my all-time favorites. Dobyns is also a brilliant poet--in a way his career is what gave me permission to write genre.</p>
<p>Stephen Dobyns wrote a great series set around the thoroughbred track in Saratoga Springs--really smart, fun books. Most of them were in third person, but at least one was in first person, told in the POV of the sidekick. It was weird, in a way, but Dobyns is a terrific writer and he made it work. That series is one of my all-time favorites. Dobyns is also a brilliant poet--in a way his career is what gave me permission to write genre.</p>