: Re: I have 97 pages in my book draft. Is it too late to swap to third person from first? I've been writing a One Piece fan fiction to improve my writing. I foolishly decided to write it in

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That's a substantial bit of revision. It can definitely be done, but the question is if that's what you want to prioritize right now.

During a first draft, there will be a lot of things you'll want to go back and fix. The problem is, go back for enough of them, and you'll stop making any progress at all.

So my first suggestion would be: don't go back yet. Save the revision for later, when you've got a first draft, and you can do all the revising at once. You might wind up needing to rewrite 10 or 20 pages or more, and then any time spent revising those will have been a total waste!

Instead, soldier on. In first person or in third? Well, my second suggestion is make a decision by trying it out.

First, write the next 5-10 pages in third person; see how that works for this story, and if you're getting the effect you want. Second, revise 5-10 older pages from first person to third, to get a sense of how much effort that is.

This will give you a good sampling of what you're choosing between. Once you've done that, make a decision (one way or another) and stick to that going forward. If you choose to make the switch, that's absolutely fine; keep writing in third person from here on, and after you're done go back and revise the earlier pages.

Writing means revision. Lots and lots of revision. Accept it; embrace it; and manage it as wisely as you can :)

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