First person or third person?

I'm writing something for fun. My main problem, however, is either writing in 3rd person or in 1st person. It's about two people who end up meeting one another...so...I'm stumped. I want to be creative with it. I always write in 1st person. Something about going through someone's point of view always seems so real to me...but I'm not sure if I could do that with two people. Would that be too confusing?

I did the same in an earlier NaNovel (this one is in second person), and IMHO it works.

It works fine. Heck, my current non-Nano project, Return to Hinamizawa, has *eight* first-person narrators :D

It depends. Sometimes, I'll start writing something in 3rd person and then part way through, the idea takes over and it gradually switches to 1st person. x3

My Nano novel is completely written in 1st person so far except for a couple spots. ^^

Third person omnipresent.

First!

If you make it clear when you're switching perspectives (I've seen books with the POV character's name as the chapter title, for example) there's no reason not to do it in first.
I prefer reading third person, but it's totally subjective. Certainly I wouldn't be put off by first person prose.

I think so long as you keep it clear to the reader and have a good reason for switching it's no problem. When I read first person though i tend to think like the character I'm reading after I put the book down. Or I start narrating my life to myself. It's a little frustrating, haha

I don't think that multiple first-person narrators would be a problem; I've seen it done before, once with four different characters. The author just headed each chapter with the name of the POV character for that chapter. Confusion solved.

I find it easier for me to write in first person, not really sure why :)

Yeah, I find that I do first person much easier. However, can one do multiple POV's in a short story...no chapters involved at all? If I wrote in 1st person then wrote in 3rd person to kind of narrate what's going on with the other people then switch it to their POV (I hope you are catching on what i am saying) would that be ok?

I'm doing first person this year because I wanted to get into the heads of my three main characters. Then their housemate butted in and wanted to be included and so there are sections from her POV as well, which serves as a nice external view on the relationship between the main three.

Actually, I find first person to feel a little too claustrophobic for some reason. I don't really like writing in it because I get self-conscious when I do. I'm not sure why.

I'm trying something new this year and writing in third person, but still through the lens of only one character. I guess that kind of defeats the purpose of third person, but I wanted to try it. Turns out, it's really difficult! I keep finding the perspective of just one character to be limiting, and only about 15,000 words in did I start to really enjoy doing it. It's fun to play with perspective, because I switch perspective each chapter, so you're only getting pieces of the puzzle at a time. Not sure if I'd do it this way again, though, because I find that certain perspectives severely limit my writing style.

Is it that way with first person, too?

My MC is female, so this one is third person. I recently noticed that unless a story is actually based on me (short stories usually on what-ifs, etc), I write female third person and males either way. I think it started because I was afraid I was writing Mary Sues. I've always felt my male characters are stronger...

Third Person limited all the way.

I have four main characters and they each get their own first person chapters. The prologue/epilogue are/will be in third person.

I almost exclusively write in first person, but I've found third person actually works better for me. I switch back and forth between perspectives in different chapters.

I'd like to write in first person one day. I just don't have the knack for it. I've been told it's the easiest method for new writers but to me it's really, really difficult.

first person. my writing turns textbook dry in third person.

Third person is my comfort zone, so I'm writing in first this year. It's getting a little easier finally, but I still prefer third person omnipresent. I only have one MC this year, so I don't have to worry about switching perspectives.