This is one of the problems I run into when I try to write from that POV.
Me, too. I've done it with framing devices, having the beginning and end be in that sort of "Dear reader" tone and then the actual story be in someone's POV - "Tending to Grace" kind of works like that, where the opening and closing sections are from a sort of generalized 'town' POV before Simon comes in to tell the story. I think it lends a kind of fairy-tale vibe to stories to do that, but I don't think I could have handled that kind of POV for a whole story, even one that's only 2500 words long.
Because there is this ambiguity to "you," I feel much more distant from the character I'm reading about.
*nod*
And it's also a way for the character to alienate himself from himself, as it were. At least, that's how it works best for me.
I think one of the reasons that Xander ends up narrating a lot of Buffyverse fic is that he's rather verbose and not so big on the concealing of his emotions.
*nod nod*
And also, he's the one who sees. It's kind of his job to be the sideline reporter.
I like fic very much that manages to get inside one of those characters who is tightly emotionally reined (like Dean) and convincingly show me what that character is thinking--the thought behind the clenched jaw. (And incidentally, man can Jensen Ackles clench a jaw something fierce)
Mmm... yes, yes he does. And yeah, I've found a comfort zone writing from Dean's POV, possibly more because I overidentify with some of his issues than anything, and it's a lot of fun detailing the split between what he's thinking/feeling and what he says, though sometimes it can be difficult when he doesn't really have the emotional language to process some of it.
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Me, too. I've done it with framing devices, having the beginning and end be in that sort of "Dear reader" tone and then the actual story be in someone's POV - "Tending to Grace" kind of works like that, where the opening and closing sections are from a sort of generalized 'town' POV before Simon comes in to tell the story. I think it lends a kind of fairy-tale vibe to stories to do that, but I don't think I could have handled that kind of POV for a whole story, even one that's only 2500 words long.
Because there is this ambiguity to "you," I feel much more distant from the character I'm reading about.
*nod*
And it's also a way for the character to alienate himself from himself, as it were. At least, that's how it works best for me.
I think one of the reasons that Xander ends up narrating a lot of Buffyverse fic is that he's rather verbose and not so big on the concealing of his emotions.
*nod nod*
And also, he's the one who sees. It's kind of his job to be the sideline reporter.
I like fic very much that manages to get inside one of those characters who is tightly emotionally reined (like Dean) and convincingly show me what that character is thinking--the thought behind the clenched jaw. (And incidentally, man can Jensen Ackles clench a jaw something fierce)
Mmm... yes, yes he does. And yeah, I've found a comfort zone writing from Dean's POV, possibly more because I overidentify with some of his issues than anything, and it's a lot of fun detailing the split between what he's thinking/feeling and what he says, though sometimes it can be difficult when he doesn't really have the emotional language to process some of it.