![]() ![]() There are many examples of first person narrative where the first person narrator confides in the reader. ![]() Let first person narrators confide in your reader We look through the first person narrator’s eyes directly at the scene, and this puts us right there. Immediately, we see the door, not the character seeing the door. I shuddered when I noticed a dark, wet streak beneath it, seemingly oozing out from underneath.’ Now read the same with filter words removed (and other minor improvements): ‘I saw that the door had been left ajar and felt fear to think what could be behind it, especially when I saw a dark, wet streak that seemed to be slowly pooling out from under it.’ They remove your reader further from a scene. Filter words and phrases such as ‘I saw that…’ out. In first person narrative, it is tempting sometimes to over-describe what your narrator sees and experiences. running a hand through one’s hair) your first person narrator uses
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