Friday, February 25, 2011

POV

Point of view will play an important role in my narrative now that I am interested in having first person and third person perspective. It is important to study the writer's view of how to appropriately change point of view. What will make this work is by using proper editing to make sure the view is not confused.


"Writing a Multiple Viewpoint Novel - Novel Writing Help." Expert Novel Writing Help and Advice. Web. 25 Feb. 2011. <http://www.novel-writing-help.com/multiple-viewpoint-novel.html>.
This article was a great beginners course on the different perspectives one can use in narratives. It explained different ways in which one could incorporate multiple points of view on a story line. The article gave advice on how to effectively switch the view points with in the story.


Quotes: 


"But in most multiple viewpoint novels, you have the novel's protagonist, who gets to be the viewpoint character in most of the chapters (not least the opening and closing ones), with the remaining chapters being told by one or more of the lesser characters."


"Let's start with the basics: a multiple viewpoint novel is one in which two or more members of your cast list are viewpoint characters - that is, those characters through whose eyes we witness the events of the novel and whose thoughts and feelings we have direct access to."



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