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It seems to me that most of the thriller/suspense writers that are published seem to write in the 3rd person POV. Now when there are multiple character arcs, I can understand why this would be the best approach to take. But even in many cases where there's only 1 real story arc - for example, in many Robert Ludlum's books - writers still use the 3rd person.
The only mainstream thriller writer that I've seen using the first person is Barry Eisler in his John Rain assasin series(although he does have a smattering of 3rd person when he steps into secondary characters). Personally, I feel that the first person allows for a lot more character depth when you have only one important character.
Is this just personal preference or is this something that the market(and thus, the publishers/agents) want?
I guess my real question is, does it handicap the writer to use 1st person in a thriller?
The only mainstream thriller writer that I've seen using the first person is Barry Eisler in his John Rain assasin series(although he does have a smattering of 3rd person when he steps into secondary characters). Personally, I feel that the first person allows for a lot more character depth when you have only one important character.
Is this just personal preference or is this something that the market(and thus, the publishers/agents) want?
I guess my real question is, does it handicap the writer to use 1st person in a thriller?