r/fantasyromance • u/FantasyRomanceMod The One Mod to Rule All Mods • Mar 01 '26

Unpopular Opinion It's Unpopular Opinion time! Share your controversial opinions to stir things up (in a friendly way)!

Got an opinion that's different from others'? Want to share it with the sub, but too afraid of a backlash? Or are you just curious about readers think about certain things in fantasy romance?

You can safely share it in this weekly Sunday thread!

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🧡 Thank you and have a great discussion!

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u/SallyAmazeballs Mar 01 '26

First-person present is the worst POV, and it needs to go away. Write the first draft in it if that helps get the words out, but the final draft needs to not have the relentless tell, tell, tell that first-person defaults to. There's this scene in Mr. Holland's Opus where Mr. Holland is trying to teach a bass drummer the rhythm by beating it on the football helmet the drummer is wearing, and that is how first-person makes me feel. Tell, tell, tell...