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: Changing narrators Is it ever a good idea to change narrators in a short story? In one of my short stories, the narration starts in third person 'eye of god' mode. Then it moves to each
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: What effect does the gender of the narrator have on a story? I am reading this book, and a little girl is narrating the story. It was a new experience for me, since I am seeing the world
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: How To Write An Unreliable Narrator? So in my latest works I've decided to make my narrator, whom is my main character as well, pretty unreliable. How do I get this across to readers? I read
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: How to help reader visualize the environment in a story? In a story where there is only one character doesn't talk to anyone don't know where he is and is narrating his story
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: Explanatory narrative in fiction For a little homework, I have a good story, but its not a story that can be told by letting it unfold and writing the events that happened. What I want to
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: What is the technique of displaying stream of thought in third person? I've noticed that authors often show the main character's though process in third person using the prose itself, almost
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: Interwoven story arcs (for video) - guidelines so viewers will not get lost? I am trying to create a documentary about the history of a sports team, and have identified some compelling story
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: Switching perspectives for a single chapter in a first person POV novel, to do or not to do? Allow me to explain what prompted the question before you immediately say that it's not okay and
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: How to stage a scene conflict that is not about the scene's narrator? I'm working on a novel that is told from a single narrator in third person. A number of subplots detail the stories of
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: What do you call a narrator who is not unreliable, but is naive? While an unreliable narrator is someone who is deceiving the reader (or possibly himself), there are plenty of stories where
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: First person narrative - pros and cons I'm writing a novel where my original idea was to use first person narrative in most chapters, since the story focuses on the main character's thoughts/feelings/mental
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: How can I hint at biases in a fictional first person account? In the story that I'm preparing to write, the main character is involved in many tense encounters and begins to develop a slightly
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: How does the narrator address a character who has changed her name, but only some people call her this new name? I know this is similar to How to Handle a Character When She Is Lying About
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: How to present a human protagonist from a narrator who does not know what a human is? My protagonist is an average human as we know it in a world populated by different animal-like species.
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: What is it called when the reader is the focal point? Here is an example of what I mean in present-tense (though narrative time is irrelevant): You walk into the empty room, you should be
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: Point of view, narrative voice, and when to name a character in narration Let's say you have a scene with Maria, written in third person from Maria's point of view. Then you have a scene
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: Tech-limited metaphors? In my native language, we sometimes use the expression "to be shot by (Someone)'s eyes", meaning that Someone is staring at you very intently and in an examining, measuring
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: Giving the narrator a personality that doesn't gets tiring Proposition: Stories are information packets aimed to "entertain" people, and just like every other form of communication, they have:
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: Omniscient but limited Narrator talking to the characters - Pros and cons It is a third person narrator that changes the character he is "following" from chapter to chapter, or even in the
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: Is there a way to make all characters to be chameleon's archetype? I've made another question which is an attempt to make all the characters be chameleons. What chameleons are?, in case you
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: What is Third Person Dramatic? Often told as "Third Person Objective" or "Third Person Camera" it is some kind of mixture between cinema and writing. (Crazy stuff, I know.) What is this Third
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: Using the Voice wisely Of course, there aren't any rules in writing. But when something is used in exaggeration (or even Isn't used at all!) without prudence, it can ruins everything. A voice
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: How do readers/writers alike feel about too much narration in a story? My question is pretty much summed up in the title. My story includes a lot of narration. Narrating events, narrating character's
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: Writing a narrator with a different character to the author Many authors use a narrator with a similar character across several books - to the extent that it resembles a brand identity. Others
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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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: 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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: 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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: 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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: 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 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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: 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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: 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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: 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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: 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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: 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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: 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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: 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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: 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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: 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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: 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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