I've first personized seize the night

[Katelyn]

Basically I changed a lot of the words to I, we, us as opposed to She, her, them blah blah.

I decided to first person the character Tabitha.

And here is what I found.

1) It was way more emotional. I wasn't hearing Tabitha talk to me about she felt. I was hearing the "I" felt this way.

2) It was funny. When I changed the she flipped the daimon over her shoulder to "I" flipped the daimon over my shoulder.

3) I felt like a complete courageous, confident, badass. I loved when I stood up to Kyrian and Otto. LOL

4) It and I've copy pasted this because it nails what I think to a T.

Due to the connection created with the reader mentioned above, there is an inherent believability that is created through the first person perspective. In addition, a story told in the third person has a “narrator” and the audience (on some level) will always be aware that they are being “told a story.” The first person perspective breaks down that barrier and the reader has a sense that they are getting a direct account of the events from a primary source. Readers have a tendency to give a first person voice more authority when they hear it.

5) I haven't experienced this yet, as I'm still first personalizing my Sherri book before I read it again. But apparently you get a deeper sense of the characters "voice" so to speak. In other words you'll know what they would say or do, if they were thrown into a different situation; because you've been inside of their heads....rather than outside of it.

You can get a sense of the characters "voice" in third person. But not as effectively as in first person. Third person is like a friend telling you how they perceive things and you trying to understand. First person is when you temporarily become that friends.

[Cindi]

Great idea! And I totally CAN see you flipping that daemon over your shoulder, Kat!

[Katelyn]

Haha lol :P

[Misty]

Totally true, first person means you delve deeper into the character because you are the character :)
Tabitha is a pretty good character to start, she's so badass :D

[Katelyn]

I learned so much about her in first person. I realized that she is "perfect" for Valerius. At first I thought she was good..but now I realize Valerius couldn't do better than Tabitha Lane Devereaux-Magnus.