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: How to "inform" the reader of changes in narrator? Writing low-quality novels on my spare time is my hobby and I'm currently "working" on one where the story about a country with an
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: Characters feelings; Using them for pacing/tension I'm writing a novel and in the opening chapter, one of the main characters finds herself traveling by foot through a very severe sandstorm. I
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: Can the first-person narrator use both past and present tenses? My first person narrator is telling his story in the past tense but there are present tense realities too that get me confused
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: Is There a Term or Description For When the Narrator Inserts their Own Personal Perspective Into a Third Person POV? Occasionally I have read stories where the third person Omniscient/Limited
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: How to write in a clear narrative voice I am writing a Narrated novel. Here is my 1st Person Narration followed by 3rd Person Account of Same Incident Grandmother was an old woman
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: How much of a Novel's Point of View should be from the Narrator I am writing a Novel. How much of the story should be from the Narrator's Point of View. For instance, Narrator knows that
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: How much "throat-clearing," or introduction and exposition, is acceptable to introduce a narrator? I am writing Historical Fiction Novel. A Reporter is interviewing a Centenarian who narrates the
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: How to present a 1st-person Narrator with a 3rd-person account of the same incident I am writing a Historic Fiction novel. The story is being narrated by someone. The entire story is from the
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: First-Person Instability Hello fellow writing nerds. I have a series idea that I am toying with that has one character that ultimately goes insane (this downward spiral is brought upon her largely
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: Multiple First Person Narrators: how should I differentiate? I am writing a novel (it will eventually be a series of five novels) and there are multiple first-person narrators. Each chapter starts
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: Describing the taste of food I’m asking about this not because I have a tendency to do so myself, but rather because I find it unusually aggravating when I come across it in other people’s
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: Is the MC in first person singular always all knowing? While writing a first-person singular novel, is the MC all-knowing? How do we handle plots which do not include the MC, like something
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: Is it bad style if the personal first person narrator of a story dies during said story? Right now I'm writing a novel in which I use the changing perspectives of two main characters with
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: 1st person addressing a narrator I'm writing a story in first person, but with a third person narrator for the secondary character. I was wondering if there were any books or stories to research
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: In one book can one narrator be in present and the other in past? I'm currently planning a book series that is told from the first person perspective of 5 different characters. I have a different
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: In third-person limited POV, what can be described? In 3rd person limited, when the protagonist is present in a scene, can the narrator describe something in a scene that the protagonist cannot
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: Can a third-person narrator ask questions instead of the characters? In novels, when the PoV follows a particular character, is pretty common that we get to hear his/her thoughts. Sometimes, those
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: Should a narrator ever describe things based on a character's view instead of facts? There is something I find myself doing often while writing, and I don't even know what to call it, but
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: Distinguishing between unreliable frame narrator and narrator of framed story I'm writing a work which is bookended by a frame story with an unreliable narrator. How do I prevent confusion for
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: What should the omniscient narrator call a character? Let there be a character. Let the character's name be, for example, Alexander. Now, Alexander's parents call him 'Sasha'. His friends call
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: Naming things the POV character doesn't know My middle-grade novel is third person with one primary and one secondary viewpoint character. Sometimes the narrator hovers a bit more, sometimes
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: Everyone is beautiful I've noticed a quirk with the narrator voice of one of the two novels I'm working on. This narrator only describes the beautiful aspects of every character's features. You
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: How do we properly manage the state of transition between unknown and known? I often have a passage that sounds like this. I don't know why, but I always found these passages a bit odd sounding.
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: Is it possible to narrate a novel in a faux-historical style without alienating the reader? One thing that often annoys me in historical fiction or fantasy books is the dissonance between the
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: Could I have some characters reveal more internal monologue than others? For context, I am writing a graphic novel. I always used to imagine I would have some characters (mainly protagonists)
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: Can my characters interact with my narrator? (and vice versa) I know that this idea is not totally 'revolutionary' as this type of narration has been used in Breakfast of champions, for example.
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: Should I change from past to present tense to state a fact that continues into the present and is unyielding? Within narration in past tense, should a statement of a universally true fact be
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: Effectively conveying an unreliable narrator I have been working on a post-apocalyptic novel for about a year. My female narrator/protagonist, named Eris, was isolated for almost all of her life
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: How to describe a horse from the POV of someone who has never seen one? In my story, my narrator has only recently met other humans and the biggest creature she has ever interacted with are
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: What to call a main character who changes names? I'd like to write a story, in the third-person perspective, centering on a character who changes her name several times in the course of the
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: Can there be written narratives (not movies or films, but books) without any narrator? Would it be possible? It strikes me as impossible but I am still curious to know what you think.
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: Is it acceptable to use words like "heaven" and "god" when the narrator is agnostic? The main character, and the person whose viewpoint the story is told from, is a scientist and subscribes
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: Third person into first person as the protagonist becomes the same entity as the narrator I'm attempting to write a sci-fi novel in a dystopian future baring semblance to that within 1984. I'm
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: What are ways to shade the narrator in alternating chapters of dual POV? I've heard advice that in an alternating third person limited POV, the narration alone should be enough to seat the
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: What would be an effective way to narrate this story? I don't want the story being told from the point of view of the protagonist. Could a third person (limited omniscient) be effective in
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: Character who always thinks aloud like a narrator Are there any examples of characters who always thinks aloud, as a character flaw, as if narrating their own lives. Such a character might for
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: What are the advantages and disadvantages to leaving the narrator unnamed? As I begin to write a narrative (I haven't decided yet how long it should be), and as I develop the plot, I was
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: What is the difference between limited third-person narrative and free indirect discourse? Free indirect discourse is a writing technique that makes the writing display the character's thoughts whilst
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: Should the narrator use pseudonyms in writing? I have characters who have to use false names. Should the narrator use their real name or false name? For example, if person A was being called
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: In first person narrative, is it acceptable to end rhetorical questions with a period? In first person narrative, would it be acceptable to use a period in place of a question mark when the
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