Third Person and/or First Person Narrative...

by Mykie Hall
13th January 2015

I am in the process of re-drafting and currently working on my Prologue: editing editing and more editing :)

My story is written from a third person point of view. However I was wondering if it would be frowned upon (bad practice) to write my prologue from a first person prospective. The narrative coming from a sub-character who is an ever present throughout the story.

Or Is it one of the other?

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Thanks Erika, I plan on trying to find an agent for my work later this year. I have heard they can be very particular about these kinds of details so want to make sure I get things right.

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Mykie Hall
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Personally I believe that you can use both, as long as it not flipping with every chapter.

I have done this on several occasions - my prologue is written in first person and the subsequent chapters in third.

I don't think it's a big deal but I guess you need to make it clear and make sure that it still makes sense.

I have read a few published books using this format admittedly they are normally short stories but I believe the format would work in a longer story.

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