Question: Which is better for Mysteries? 1st or 3rd person?

[Pookiestoop]

First Person, Third...? Which is best for writing mysteries?

[Cath]

You might get a better response here: Mystery/Thriller/Suspense (http://absolutewrite.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=38)

Hang on, I'll see if someone can move it for you.

[Pookiestoop]

Okay, thank you.

[Medievalist]

Moving it Right Now!

[brer]

Moving it Right Now!
Could you please move this thread to "Getting with the Genre" subboards?
I think that would be more appropriate ...

(SYW is hard enough ... let them yap about this kind of stuff over in those other places ... Yeah, I got a real, real, reeeealllll gooooood answer: Try 2nd person. Or stream-of-consciousness. with plenty of young angst. yeah, that's the ticket. Yap about the pros and cons of using 2nd person.)