The conversion from Third Person Limited to First Person has been… interesting. I can understand why the agent requested it (the story does feel a lot more personal), but there are parts that just don’t quite work as intended in 1st person.
Basically, for example, the introduction has the narrator telling us a little about Wibble, the planet on which the story takes place. Now, the story has Grendel, the protagonist, telling us a little about Wibble… which makes it feel more engaging, yes, but also suddenly makes it seem like Grendel is talking directly to the reader.
Which isn’t bad! But it is… weird. Like, is she telling this story to somebody in the book itself? If so, I might want to lead with that… but then we all know it turns out alright at the end, and I don’t know how I feel about that level of certainty…
Anyway, it has been a really interesting experiment. I’m on Chapter 6 right now, out of 30 Chapters, so that’s pretty okay. Current plan is to have the first draft of the new version done this week, and then read through and adjust a little before sending it off again next weekend… the agent has a busy reading schedule, and the sooner I can get on it the less likely I will have to wait another 6 months!
Hope everyone else is having a great March thus far!