First Person or Third Person?

First person limits the narrative scope to what can be known by the teller of the tale. It’s good for short stories where brevity is the name of the game and your primary interest is in what the main character sees and feels and thinks, but in a longer piece of fiction it’s constricting. You’re limited to that one person’s point of view.

True. And I read one recently that was brilliant – Confessions of the Fox by Jordy Rosenberg. But more often than not, I find myself thinking, ‘This would’ve been a helluva lot better if it wasn’t chopped up like this. An omniscient narrator would have been the way to go.’ One girl’s opinion, and I could probably name a dozen more good examples of first person narrative myself. I just have a preference.