If enough people hear AYRT, maybe people will stop using it, and then *I* won't have to hear it any more! :P
And I definitely don't mean to judge people who do write, and like, 3PL. If that's your thing, go for it, and yeah, there are definitely stories it still works best for - I'm sure I will still write some.
What I think of as third person personal is more like, in the extreme example, asy, Lemony Snicket, where the storyteller is an outsider but you know who they are; they aren't even trying to be invisible (It doesn't have to be as explicit as Lemony Snicket, but that's the sort of thing.) I think what you're describing is more a very close 3rd person limited?
I think in my own writing that if my POV is so close that even the narration is in their voice, a lot of times it would work just as well in 1st, but on the other hand there are still characters where first will never feel anything other than gimmicky (especially when writing in fandoms, where making up a frame in which the character might be telling it can be a lot more restrictive.) And also admittedly I just find writing a very close third is very hard for me, because I am constantly trying to find a balance between the intimacy of the voice and the distancing effect of the third; as a reader that doesn't bother me unless it's so poorly done as to really stand out; it's just when the words are coming slowly I assume my own writing is so poorly done that it will. If something works for you, don't change it just because! It definitely works for you.
(this was not meant to be an "all 3rd person limited stories suck" post! This was more me suddenly realizing "wait, third person limited doesn't *have* to be my favorite, omg!")
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And I definitely don't mean to judge people who do write, and like, 3PL. If that's your thing, go for it, and yeah, there are definitely stories it still works best for - I'm sure I will still write some.
What I think of as third person personal is more like, in the extreme example, asy, Lemony Snicket, where the storyteller is an outsider but you know who they are; they aren't even trying to be invisible (It doesn't have to be as explicit as Lemony Snicket, but that's the sort of thing.) I think what you're describing is more a very close 3rd person limited?
I think in my own writing that if my POV is so close that even the narration is in their voice, a lot of times it would work just as well in 1st, but on the other hand there are still characters where first will never feel anything other than gimmicky (especially when writing in fandoms, where making up a frame in which the character might be telling it can be a lot more restrictive.) And also admittedly I just find writing a very close third is very hard for me, because I am constantly trying to find a balance between the intimacy of the voice and the distancing effect of the third; as a reader that doesn't bother me unless it's so poorly done as to really stand out; it's just when the words are coming slowly I assume my own writing is so poorly done that it will. If something works for you, don't change it just because! It definitely works for you.
(this was not meant to be an "all 3rd person limited stories suck" post! This was more me suddenly realizing "wait, third person limited doesn't *have* to be my favorite, omg!")