If the changing appearance of the narrator’s face is somehow important to the scene, you can stay true to the perspective by acknowledging that the character is assuming this information. You might even use the focus on that flash of heat to make the room feel tighter or the person she’s talking to seem very close, adding to the discomfort of the moment. Those sensations are a truer glimpse of the narrator’s experience in the moment. You’re likely more attuned to other sensory experiences, such as your face feeling hot, or a prickly heat around your ears. You probably don’t immediately imagine your face turning red. Still, these visual details aren’t a good representation of the narrator’s experience.Ĭonsider what you experience when you blush. Can she make that claim? Sure, the narrator can come to this conclusion based on what she knows about the experience of blushing. You’re right the narrator doesn’t see her own face turn red or the blush spread across her cheeks. When writing in first person, a quick way to lose the reader’s trust is to venture outside the narrator’s experience. When writing in first person, I have the narrator say, "My face turned red" and "a blush spread across my cheeks." Is this okay? She's not looking in the mirror so she can't see it happening, but she's embarrassed and knows it's happening.