Which do you prefer: third person limited or first person point of view?

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No preference . As long as the story is good ....Show more

I love first person, mainly because in my own short stories that is the point of view I usually write from. It's much more personal than the third person point of view, and gives the reader the opportunity to really know and understand one specific character, and how he or she sees the world. I find that to be a lot easier to relate to, and novels written in this style tend to hit me harder. I do still love third person novels, though. I just feel that, from a writer's perspective, it takes more work when writing in third person to get inside the characters' heads and tell the story, since the focus ends up being on multiple people....Show more

I am a huge fan of reading and I personally always prefer reading in the first person. I think its easier to understand and just all around better. Take Twilight as an example thats written in the first person. Now do you think it would be better in the third person? I don't think it would be, It would ruin the whole book....Show more

I prefer third person limited, personally. I like books with the distance away from overwhelming emotions so that I can focus on the overall story that the author is painting....Show more

I kinda agree with cathrl69 and Kathyrn W. A combination of the two would be great. In Hp, an inner monologue IS given, though not in the way you just explained. Maybe it would be better this way. 'Eliza bit her nails nervously. She wondered if the teacher would find out she'd changed her grade. Fear twisted her stomach painfully at the thought of being expelled.' I dont really like the third person expressing the character's thoughts as an adress to the reader. It interrupts my 'vision' of what I'm reading....Show more