A friend asked me to edit her book. I’m far from being a profesional editor, but she has a ton of corrections needed, so I’m kind of the first to fix obvious things. Some of it is as simple as she has a space before a period or spelling mistakes.

I noticed she is switching between first person and third. Is it ok to use first person for her adult life, and third when she talks about her childhood?

Her childhood had a lot of trauma, so the third person does drive home a feeling of childhood truly being a separate life from her life as an adult.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Topics: grammar, writing, editing, autobiography, first person