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: My Fantasy Series POV I am a young author writing a fantasy series. In my series I have six main characters. If you have read my most previous question, I explained that I have six main
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: Is it okay to switch narration styles towards the end of a story? I'm writing most of my book in third person omniscient, but I think it would be better if I put the last few chapters in
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: How to switch between characters in a first person story? I know you can switch between the 3rd and 1st and vice versa but how from one character to another both using the 1st person. I
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: Is it poor technique to use a different characters POV for only a short scene in a novel length piece of work? Basically what I'm wondering here is if it's distracting or poor technique to
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: How should I go about introducing character as a long forgotten friend? I am having the main protagonist find their imaginary friend that they had previously forgotten. How would I make some
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: Should I change my point of view? I am not very familiar with "point of view". From my understanding, (correct if I'm wrong, but I looked it up so I think I'm right) 1st person
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: Describing unrelated events in first person viewpoints How can I describe a scene in a short story with the first-person point of view, when the main character isn't taking part in the action,
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: Are there rules related to tense used? I started my novel in third person, past tense, then I changed it to third person present tense, then I changed it to first person present tense, and
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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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: Can a writer change the perspective of a story? Is it a bad thing if someone writes a story in the third point of view, then he changes the whole story into the first point of view where
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: Im wondering if for a unique writing tactic, could i shift from first to third person? As a way to show exposition of my characters background,In a dream sequence could I use third person
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: How do I refer to an unnamed protagonist in third-person narration? I am writing a story about a man who doesn't know his past, or his name. I have to reveal his name later in the story.
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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 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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: How to quickly change people in first person view? So, I'm trying to write a book in first person, but have trouble when there's any form of action involving in groups. After all, it's about
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: How do I avoid using to many "I and My in first person narratives To give you a little context below. "Yesterday, I was smiling, and tomorrow, I will try to hold my head up high. But
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: Can you switch point of view very often? I'm trying out a style where I switch POV very often. It's written in third person, but everything described is things that are visible to the POV
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: How do I decide what is the best POV for my fantasy novel? How to go about determining what is the best POV to use for my fantasy novel?
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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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: How to convert non-fiction narrative to monologue I'm working on an audio book about history, and I've decided to have the audio book recited as a monologue, to make it somewhat more engaging,
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: First or third person I'm sitting with a bit of a dilemma. I'm writing a novel and I'm struggling with the decision of whether I should use first or third person. I prefer third person, also
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: Is it okay to switch between third-person and first-person perspective? I realised as I was writing my story, I changed my pronoun. In the beginning of my story, I used 'I' but as i continued
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: Pronouns when writing from the point of view of a robot For the writing challenge, I'm currently writing from the point of view of a robot. Also another robot is frequently addressed. However
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: How to make the POV character sit on the sidelines without the reader getting bored My POV character has been seriously injured and is bedridden for three months. But life stops for no one.
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: Is it okay to say what the character infers about other characters thoughts as fact in third person limited? The story is third person limited to Bob's point of view. He is with Alice, and
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: What are some good ways of switching from third-person limited point of view to third-person omniscient point of view? I am thinking of writing a short story which starts with a character narrating
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: Third person story, containing a first person backstory In several third person (usually limited) stories that I've read, there comes a time when one character shares some of their backstory to
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: How to Write about Events the 1st-person Protagonist Hasn't Witnessed? I’ve written a few stories now just at home, however I haven’t seemed to crack one thing. I always write in 1st person
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: Point of view switching I want to write a story mainly in third person, occasionally switching to first person. How would I do that most effectively?
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: Is head-hopping always bad? The general consensus nowadays seems to be that being in the head of more than one character is bad. We should be "on the shoulders" or "in the head" of one character,
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: First person, third person So I'm writing a novel myself and the main character is called Jasper. Whenever he falls asleep, he goes into the dream world type thing. Same dream, same characters,
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: Does point of view matter drastically? I've looked at a few other questions and answers but nothing that I was really looking for. The point of view is a little confusing at the beginning
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: Third Person POV: What level of telling is acceptable for character motivation? The novel I'm writing is third-person limited POV in style. This means that the narration's coverage is limited
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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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: 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 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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: In a "Gatsby" type story, how does a narrator relate what he doesn't get to see? "The Great Gatsby" was told from the point of view of Gatsby's neighbor, Nick Carraway by name, with Nick
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: Can I change tenses in my first person YA novel? I'm half way through a YA science fiction novel that is told in 1st person, past tense. Currently there are two chapters in different tenses.
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: What are techniques for romantic subtext in a first-person novel? In a first-person narrative, how do you effectively make it clear to the reader that a second character likes your protagonist,
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: Why is young adult romance now being written primarily in the first person? My recollection is that when I started reading romance novels in the 1980s, the majority (perhaps 60%) were written
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