Discussion Western writers and chinese writers point of view?

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  1. Mount Tai Unleashed

    Mount Tai Unleashed This one has tai but can't see mount eyes

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    I get the feeling that chinese fantasy writers use third person point of view most and western writers use first person the most.

    Is this accurate?

    I've been reading quite a few fictions on royal road and most of them are first person and when I switch back to the chinese novels I'm reading, they're practically all third person.
     
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    Anra7777 All powerful magic grammar hamster queen pirate.

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    If you read books in general, I think the majority of Western writers use the third person.

    I have yet to see a Chinese novel that used the first person. It’s pretty common with Japanese novels, though.
     
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    CyberCypher Air Breather

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    Most of the books I read are third person ex Harry potter, discworld, mistborn. These are all third person
     
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    Jellyfish 00 Well-Known Member

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    Chinese novel mostly like narrating the story as if telling a legend or myth, sometime also by biography like ToRL. That's why I read few CN modern setting style which not my taste.
     
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  5. Simon

    Simon [The Pure One's Chief Steward][Demon Beast]

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    Most western fantasies I've read were in the 3rd point of view.

    1st pov is more about - I did this and I did that.
     
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    Westeller Smokin' Sexy Style!! Staff Member

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    First person is relatively rare, to be honest. It only happens when the MC is narrating, y'know?
     
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    Robbini Logical? Illogical? Random? Or Just Unique?

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    Doesn't it vary from book to book, author to author and genre to genre really?
     
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    chucke Going towards the glorious future

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    I don't remember reading from the 1st person view.
     
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    For western fantasy, I think 1st pov is more common when you read stuff online, but 3rd pov is more popular for published books
     
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    No.
     
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    The only time I've seen First Person POV work exceptionally well was when... It wasn't completely first person POV. I'm talking about Experimental Log of the Crazy Lich. It's great that the MC can relay his thoughts and opinions more and also not having to deal with "I swung my sword while shouting wildly."


    #FirstPersonPOVSucks
     
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