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Old 20th June 2006, 08:49 AM   #32 (permalink)
John Jarrold
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Re: Point of View questions

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Originally Posted by Marky Lazer
That was what I meant, bad first person can sound, among other things, preachy.
Unfortunately, bad writing can spoil any viewpoint. Roger Zelazny's first-person novels work extremely well, for instance. As you say, it's the writer's fault when a viewpoint doesn't work in that way, not the fault of the viewpoint.
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