Any tips for writing first pov ?

[Lloyd]

Here's a tip. Don't do it!

 

[Scaver]

Here's a tip. Don't do it!

Lol i sure am gonna do it and do it good one of these days. JUST WAIT HAHHAHAHHAHA!

 

[IDKWtWrite-San]

In making a first pov, You have to make it like an author's pov or just the reader itself. It's like you're playing the rpg games like Zelda.
1st POV
He opened a chest
The item he got was a ''Phoenix Feather'
2nd POV ( MC POV )
As I open the chest, it sparkles with light as I bring it out slowly, the item revealed to be..... a Phoenix Feather.

I think that how it works.

 

[Psycholor]

At least for me, I did a LOT of D&D before I started writing (which leads to several, other, issues...)

That being said, I was usually the DM, so I got really good at Role Playing the NPCs, putting myself into that character and reasoning out scenarios as if I was really that NPC. I now translate this to writing.

First, I defined my characters' motivations and personalities.
Second, build a scenario for the characters to go through.
Third and finally, insert myself into the Point of View character and Role Play my way through the scene.

 

[Scaver]

In making a first pov, You have to make it like an author's pov or just the reader itself. It's like you're playing the rpg games like Zelda.
1st POV
He opened a chest
The item he got was a ''Phoenix Feather'
2nd POV ( MC POV )
As I open the chest, it sparkles with light as I bring it out slowly, the item revealed to be..... a Phoenix Feather.

I think that how it works.

You mixed that up
1st pov is mc pov while 2nd pov is from a character besides mc. And third is narrator

 

[IDKWtWrite-San]

You mixed that up
1st pov is mc pov while 2nd pov is from a character besides mc. And third is narrator

Naruhodo . thanks for the correction

 

[Deleted member 57675]

Copy pasted since this is not first time people ask 1st pov.

• 1st person is easier in that - you think of what if and put yourself in the character shoes.
  

  • What if a dinosaur came and just bit your arm and threw you into a intergalactic void dimension that's known for space piranhas?
  • What if you just realized your gf/bf walked away with another man in their arms, and you just realized you got cheated on?
  • -What if something you feared just happened and its as shit real as it gets and you can't seem to see yourself out of this mess?

  Describe how you feel now.
  
  If you always think worst case scenarios, well that's a big boost in creating first POVs. jk lol. On the bright side, it be like all those scenarios you daydreamed that your crush actually likes you back like some YA novels. Now you just describe it lol.
  
  The second part is blurring other voices that are not your main op's voice. Irl, you know your thoughts, but you can't read others thoughts. Similarly, character in 1st POV can narrate/speak/understand their thoughts, but may not understand every action/thought of another character. Unless its purposely wired into the story in some way, like ex: special mind-reading ability or genius. Just don't go too overboard with those abilities though.
  

  • A dino just attacked a group of shoppers. You aren't really focusing on them though, you worry about getting trampled yourself in the chaos.
  • Your character is expressing how it feels to see them walking away. Not thinking from the pov of those darn two who plan on a little evening fun.
  • Your character just been through some shit/got some shit news. People and their voices blur in the background as character focuses on the shit.

 

[Scaver]

Copy pasted since this is not first time people ask 1st pov.

Thanks:)

 

[2021]

Currently writing my first pov book, its harder, since when something happens the narrator (mc) must change to fit it. So sadness, or them hating something, or even fear of them dying (Ha! New writerd want mc to be op af)


You gotta try to add emotion to the narrator, and change some words to fit how the (mc) would say it. So Them - ‘em, law-yer - loy-e-ier