First Person Reset

After reading the first two chapters of John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars, I realize what an egregious error it was to try to write Power in the third person.

So we begin again, in first.

Hazel’s voice is just ten kinds of fantastic, and though there are certainly a lot of things missing from my own attempts at writing, voice was definitely a big one. Most YA is first person, too–so what naivete propelled me to write in third, I dunno. Live/read and learn.

Thanks John, and thanks Hazel. Still not sure about that Gus kid, but you’ve got some delightful smarm.

I’ve got about ten books ahead of it, but The Fault in Our Stars is definitely going on my reading list.

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