Rainmaker Tales, told in 1st person? · 4:24pm Nov 1st, 2016
The idea came to me when a friend asked if she could provide the voice for Rainstream, and do a reading of the story. But now that I went back and read a different story for inspiration on a few scenes, I'm realizing that this story really should be in first person. All 30,000~ words of it.
Geez, did I really write that much? This was originally supposed to be a little 2k word oneshot for a friend, and it just grew into something more. Anyway, I originally thought to put it in first person, but I like the style of third better, and it was easier to provide a description of Rainstream if we weren't directly looking out through her eyes. I suppose I could have gotten clever with looking through her mane and at her hooves or something, but...
Anyway, what do you think? Is it worth going back and changing at this point, or should I just leave it as is?
Well, I think I would like it from either perspective.
You could always leave your first version 'as is', if you wanted, and write the new version as a companion piece. Just a thought.
It's just fine as it is. It's from her perspective whether or not she says "I".