tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19035617.post4464112024428871856..comments2023-05-23T00:49:54.804-07:00Comments on I Hid My Eyes Behind Your Sofa: Annnd ... the magician series novella is done!alcarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14929849073911012353noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19035617.post-37466612471285161882013-10-13T11:22:20.361-07:002013-10-13T11:22:20.361-07:00I think it's partially because the magician pl...I think it's partially because the magician plans a more directly active (gung-ho) role than N did in your story, so it becomes stylistically awkward to not have people say his name in introductions, when meeting his own family and so forth. I also don't think the story gains anything from his name not being known, though I have plans for it to be used sparingly anyway -- it helped the short stories to use 'the magician' and the like, but I don't think that will benefit the novel. <br /><br />From a more pragmatic pov, present tense doesn't benefit genre fiction as much as it does YA (it comes off more like reading a movie script, to me), and works better for action-driven stories in the genre context. The story will probably be odd enough without also asking the reader to shift into reading present tense. Shall see. Also, I'm going to shift povs between the magician and Charlie a few times and doing that in first person past is easier than present; and also calls into question the need for present tense at all.<br /><br />So the choice is as much practical as anything else, I think.alcarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14929849073911012353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19035617.post-82730937454666891322013-10-13T08:11:02.876-07:002013-10-13T08:11:02.876-07:00Why do you think that present-tense 1st person doe...Why do you think that present-tense 1st person doesn't work? My 'Shotgun' story is in that form, and I didn't find the need to give my character a name either ;)<br /><br />Yeah! to more Jay! (sorry, I now that rhymes, I am very tired at the moment :p)1000th.monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16835988128285459745noreply@blogger.com