I think most of it is attention, but sometimes it's just lack of forward thinking. I have a few friends who risk cameras in their faces when they go to the supermarket/out with friends, and sometimes their significant others or friends have to remind them about certain items (i.e the ones that need another layer underneath, or what happened last time the wind blew when they wore a short, full skirt). Sometimes you just don't think about these things. You can't always just put something on, you have to think about what will happen if there's strong lighting, or the sun is behind you, or your strap falls off. And who has that much time?
The Devoted Lover
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When I am writing memories as stories, I write in the first person, past tense, as I remembered it.
When I write madey-uppy stories, I tend to write in the third person, also past tense.
I don't know why, but I find myself irritated by present tense stories, although that might not be the tense, but the stories themselves. I have used second person viewpoint (thank you for explaining, Clum!) in poems, but it's not something I like to read.
I did write one story where the viewpoint (always third person) switches between two characters (I believe this may be multiple viewpoint?). Nobody has trashed me for it yet, so I think it may have worked. I didn't set out to do that, though.
Generally, I prefer to both read and write in the third person, past tense. I don't know why, but I do know that I don't like reading first person stories very much, as I feel bound to the one character, and find it hard to get an overview. I like overviews, as I like to know everything that's going on. But a good writer means that I don't notice any of that, just that I feel I have been transported somewhere else and enjoy the ride.
I can't deal with this right now, sorry. Mods have free rein to do what they feel is best for the site, taking into consideration any PMs that may have been swapped.
Thank you, FtLMale, you have been able to ask, as far as I am currently able to understand, things that I would like to know but couldn't put into words.
Thank you to those who have contributed. Sorry for currently bowing out. If the thread continues, I will read and ponder when I am more able. Sorry.
If I'm alone, I don't mind, as long as there is a good reason for it, rather than, "Guys, we need a naked lass right here!"
As kids, right up until we were old enough to realise we shouldn't watch telly at the same time as our parents, whenever something Mother disapproved if was on, she would do this particular cough, and then stand in front of the screen and use her skirt to shield us from it. It could be a topless woman, heavy petting, whatever. It made a huge amount of fuss over something we'd have probably just grinned embarassedly over and forgotten about, leading us to both resent not being able to see what the big deal was, and saying automatically when Mother mentions a film she'd like to see, "You wouldn't like it...". I hate watching anything with more than a quick snog in it when Mother is around, because that cough gets a lot more frequent, and I hate how she reacts.
Like I said, if there's a good reason for naked/semi-naked women, and it's filmed well, I don;t mind. Mostly it depends on whether I'm watching it alone or with someone else. I get embarassed anyway, but it's ten times worse when other people are around.