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: A good way to transition different character perspectives In my story, there are three character perspectives that switch off every chapter. What is a good way to lead from one character perspective
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: Should I add in POV's for characters if the plot wasn't designed around them? I am writing a YA fantasy. There are three main characters, but the plot was entirely designed around Character
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: How to write in third person present tense without making it sound awkward? Generally it is preferred that one use present tense with POV, or at least it sounds organic. Are there any ground
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: Can I have a non-living thing with its own perspective? We typically have third person or first person narratives in literature. I have a requirement - to unveil the suspense, I want a non-living
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: Are There Any Books That Blend First-Person Narration with Third-Person? I was wondering if there are any books that blend first-person narration with third-person. What I mean by this is that
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: Tense change when referring to how protagonist currently is while he is describing events I have written a novel that I want to send out to agents, but am now having doubts if it is polished
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: How to write mishearing/mispronouncing without lying to the reader? Sometimes the plot requires communication to partially break down between characters. A misheard or mispronounced word can have
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: Writing Someone Drunk So I want to write a scene from a teenage girl in 1st-person present tense. She's drunk. I've never been drunk before, so I can't tap into personal experience to make
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: Changing POV style mid-story I'm writing a story that is told by the main character. The idea is that at some point, he decides that what has happened merits documenting, so he's telling part
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: Introducing a new POV near the end of a story This question is strongly related to this one: Balance between character's point of views However, that question is asking about balancing POVs
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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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: How can I showcase the dynamic relationship between two personalities? The protagonist, as a child, was born into an eldritch cult which worships the being known as shub-niggurath. His parents
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: How to find different meanings behind metaphors used in speech writing? I'm looking for ways to discover what others might think when they hear or see a metaphor used in a speech. I tend to
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: Referring to a character in 3rd person when they have amnesia A section of a story I am writing is being told in third person from the perspective of a character who does not know anything
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: Switching perspective in battle scenes? I have written a book with an ensemble cast. Prior to them meeting, I simply gave each character his/her own chapter. Once they met, I narrowed the
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: What are the best techniques to show a character panicking as it is seen by the POV character? So the problem I am having is that the protagonist of the novel I am writing is having a confrontation
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: How to limit 3rd Person Omniscient without losing depth to your other characters? My writing group lately has been harrowing me to stop using 3rd Person Omniscient perspective and use 3rd Person
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: How to write internally emotional characters? Over the past couple of days, I've asked questions about writing female characters with agency, and writing female characters as a male writer. Both
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: If a main character is writing the story, can I change who writes the story in the next chapter? I’m trying to write my first novel and I have come across an issue which I feel like it
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: How to write female characters as a male writer? Yesterday I asked a question about writing a female character who has agency. Much to my surprise, it was well-received and generated a lot
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: How to write female characters with agency? I'm attempting to write a novel, an historical fiction with a small fantasy component (time travel through a portal). The travelers (main characters)
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: Colours of ultraviolet I need to write something from the perspective of a character who sees colours differently from humans, and in particular can see multiple shades of ultraviolet. This isn't
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: To what extent can a first person narrative tell someone else's story? I've recently been working on some stories written in the first person from the point of view of what, in the grand scheme
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: How to make a cat's perspective exciting? I'm writing an article about a cat saving a three-year-old girl's life. So what tools/techniques can I use to keep the reader interested?
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: Dead as a point-of-view, how can you write first person narrative if that person is dead? In short I'd like to write a story from the point-of-view of a character who ultimately dies within
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: Is it "fair" to hide specific thoughts of a character? I kind of like the style of writing the thoughts and feelings of many of the characters, most of which aren't the protagonist. The
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: Is there a term for a narrative where you are speaking to the reader? I know that a first-person narrative is written from the point of view of the narrator, relaying events from their own
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: How to write two seemingly different characters that are actually the same person? I'm currently working on a book with two protagonists and switching the perspective between them. They have quite
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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 First person perspective more intimate than Third person perspective? I know there's a lot of questions regarding this topic, but none of them delved too deep into if there's a different
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: Flashback vs long past tense exposition vs multiple frames of reference in the same scene I'm giving my newest story a bit of break before I go back and fix the tense issue in it, and going
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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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: Would it be cheating to change the main character's "name" partway through the story? I'm writing a story written in third-person limited, and the main character has no real name. They simply
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: How to describe a female character's figure without comedy? Do you know a good way to describe a female character's figure? I'm writing a fairly serious story, but the only way I know how to
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: How would a mature teenager behave? I'm writing about a mature girl (15ish). But I'm not sure how she should act other than being polite. The way I think a mature person would act would be
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: Do modern readers believe the first person narrator can't die? Back in highschool in the 90s we had an assignment to write an extra chapter for a book. After some discussion the teacher told
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: To what extent do I have to explain certain reasons or choices to my audience? In my story, there is a spot where there is a major shift in perspective as one point of view is supposed
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: How to write from a cat's perspective? I want to write a short story from the perspective of a cat who wants to kill a bird that extremely annoys her. Just like Tom is trying every time
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: How to write a scene from multiple peoples perspectives? I want to write a scene from multiple peoples perspectives without making it incredibly long, or repetitive. Is there a correct way
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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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