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http://strawpoll.me/2098065/

Let's do this /lit/ what is the best narrative voice?

>> No.5126814
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5126814

PRESENT TENSE "FREE INDIRECT DISCOURSE" IS THE NARRATIVE MODE OF THE ABSOLUTE SPIRIT.

>> No.5126833

>>5126814
the spirit transcends temporal modes

>> No.5126848

>>5126833

OBVIOUSLY.

PRESENT TENSE NARRATES THE NOW; EVERYTHING OCCURS IN THE ABSOLUTE PRESENT.

>> No.5126859

>>5126781
Third person, tense is not actually that important but has to be consistent and fit the story. The common use of past tense is understandable.

First person perspective is definitely being used as a crutch, but in today's world where YAF is a literary genre juggernaut it's important to recognize why it's a crutch: teenagers really only think about themselves.

>> No.5126877

>>5126781
OP, you're a fag.

Go away.

>> No.5126894

i don't think there's tiers

i think if i enjoy what i read i'm happy

i'm referring to your picture of course i dont care about your post

>> No.5126912
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>>5126894

OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE NO TIERS; QUALITATIVE CLASSIFICATIONS ARE CONSTRUCTS, AND CONSTRUCTS ARE ESSENTIALLY SUBJECTIVE, BUT THAT DOES NOT ENTAIL THAT QUALITATIVE DIFFERENCES ARE NOT OBJECTIVE.

THE FACT THAT YOU LIKE CERTAIN THINGS ENTAILS THAT YOU DISLIKE SOME OTHER THINGS; IT ENTAILS THAT YOU ARE UNCONSCIOUSLY DISCRIMINATING, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT EVERY LIVING CREATURE, SENTIENT, OR OTHERWISE, DOES ON MULTIPLE LEVELS, AND FORMS; YOU ARE JUST INTELLECTUALLY INCAPABLE, OR ARE UNWILLING TO EXERT THE INTELLECTUAL EFFORT REQUIRED TO CONSTRUCT THE QUALITATIVE CLASSIFICATION –YOU AVOID THE METHOD BY CHOOSING TO REMAIN INACTIVE.

I DETEST PERSONS LIKE YOU.

>> No.5127052

>>5126877
Nope and nope!

>:^)

>> No.5127061
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>>5126814
>"FREE INDIRECT DISCOURSE"

My African-American comrade.

>> No.5127065

third person is the only honest voice

>> No.5127067

>>5127061
Dosn't Mr. Wood call it 'Free indirect style'?

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>>5126912

>> No.5127147

>>5126781
Quick question… how would a second-person narrative read like?

> You take out a bowl from the cupboard. Somehow it’s full of funghi inside and you hate that, so you put it back and sulk: Why don’t you like people? Why do you still live in this dump?

Enlighten me, please.

>> No.5127165

>>5127147

Have a Wallace, friend:
http://welcometotheloonybin.wordpress.com/2008/09/17/forever-overhead/

>> No.5127172

>>5127147

In middle school I wrote an Abbott and Costello style skit where one character always talks in second person, expresses his desires to do certain things and so on, then the other guy gets increasingly upset because he thinks the second-person talker is referring to him.

>> No.5127193

I like to read a synopsis from famous books online then pretend I've read them in conversations

Stay mad, haters

>> No.5127205

>>5127193

books > people
(unless it's people who writes books)

>> No.5127240

According to your graphic I'm God Tier, OP. I'm afraid to tell you your graphic is wrong.

Also, choice of narrative voice depends on what you want to achieve.

Free indirect discourse is most appropriate to describe the thinking processes of a character. Third person past is ideal for descriptions. And so on.

>>5126912
I love people like you, when are you willing to have sex ?

>> No.5127261

that tier list is pretty pleb tier.