Question

When writing a story can you write a introduction in one perspective and then write the other in a different perspective. For example: “Acacia was feeling lonely.” (introduction) then when actually writing the story write it using “I was feeling upset today.”

Answer 1

@thomaster @shamil98 any of u know? if not thanks anyway

Answer 2

@Ashleyisakitty

Answer 3

Not necessarily, no. Not unless you made it obvious that, in the introduction, it was the readers watching Acacia... and in the rest, it was the readers in Acacia's mind.
As in, make the introduction from the perspective of a narrator.

Answer 4

Did that answer your question? Any more on that subject?

Answer 5

Im not sure i get what you are saying sorry /:

Answer 6

Yes, you can.

Changing from first to third person and back again, blah, blah is actually lots of fun.
There is no rules set in stone, and there isn't any sort of incorrectness when you do so.

Answer 7

@Geniu could you teach me transition methods?

Answer 8

Geniu is correct, you can also change from first to third person, but it would be best to read up on the proper methods to do so first. If you'd like to delve on into it, practice does make perfect... however, you can't just throw it together without the proper transition or else it will confuse people.

Answer 9

piibee.jay is also correct, using multiple perspectives can be tricky and takes a lot of practice and experimentation to be successful, and other times it just simply doesn't work for types of stories. But yes, you can do it. If this is for an assignment I would maybe stick with one perspective, unless its a type of assignment you can afford to experiment with.

Answer 10

Its not a school assignment and all I want is the introduction to be in 3rd but the rest to be in 1st but idk how to do that.

Answer 11

Here are a few things to keep in mind when deciding to use multiple perspectives:

One: You should have a compelling reason to change perspectives.

Two: When you change perspectives, you must make sure the reader knows which character she’s viewing the story through—not just sometimes, but all the time.

If you are using third person omniscient, I would recommend using that as your introduction to get into the minds of all characters in your story and not just the main one that will be narrating through first person for the rest of the story. Then you could switch the first person if you make it clear which character is speaking.

There is no stock way to do it. It will take you so trial and error, but you'll know whether it feels right or wrong as your writing.

Answer 12

switch to first person*