Comments on: Choosing POV http://writerunboxed.com/2007/05/24/choosing-pov/ About the craft and business of genre fiction Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:07:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: mcewen http://writerunboxed.com/2007/05/24/choosing-pov/#comment-10957 Thu, 24 May 2007 23:37:56 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2007/05/24/choosing-pov/#comment-10957 Definitely affects how the reader's interpretation. Best wishes Definitely affects how the reader’s interpretation.
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]]> by: Jason http://writerunboxed.com/2007/05/24/choosing-pov/#comment-10952 Thu, 24 May 2007 14:05:49 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2007/05/24/choosing-pov/#comment-10952 Great to be here! It really is a gut decision. In the past, I've started writing stories and novels in third person, and tried to switch to first, and it never works. For some reason, some stories are meant to be told from a particular POV and you can't simply replace every he or she with an I. Maybe because it's because it's better to be closer to some characters and have distance from others? I really have no idea. One thing I've never done is write in present tense. Bret Easton Ellis pulls this off really well, but somehow it doesn't work when I try it. Great to be here! It really is a gut decision. In the past, I’ve started writing stories and novels in third person, and tried to switch to first, and it never works. For some reason, some stories are meant to be told from a particular POV and you can’t simply replace every he or she with an I. Maybe because it’s because it’s better to be closer to some characters and have distance from others? I really have no idea. One thing I’ve never done is write in present tense. Bret Easton Ellis pulls this off really well, but somehow it doesn’t work when I try it.

]]> by: Juliet http://writerunboxed.com/2007/05/24/choosing-pov/#comment-10950 Thu, 24 May 2007 13:01:33 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2007/05/24/choosing-pov/#comment-10950 Interesting post, Jason. When I write third person I almost always use only two points of view in the novel (male and female protagonists.) I have sometimes expanded this to include contrasting sections for another character (eg extracts from a diary.) I've never written omniscient third person and I know I would find it difficult to do so convincingly while still making the protagonists 'real'. But some great authors do just that. Interesting post, Jason. When I write third person I almost always use only two points of view in the novel (male and female protagonists.) I have sometimes expanded this to include contrasting sections for another character (eg extracts from a diary.) I’ve never written omniscient third person and I know I would find it difficult to do so convincingly while still making the protagonists ‘real’. But some great authors do just that.

]]> by: Therese Walsh http://writerunboxed.com/2007/05/24/choosing-pov/#comment-10949 Thu, 24 May 2007 12:55:31 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2007/05/24/choosing-pov/#comment-10949 <i>And the trouble is that once you make the decision and get a couple hundred pages into a book, there’s no turning back.</i> I agree. Unless you lose your mind and decide to rewrite the entire wip from start to finish. But who'd do that? (Koff.) Great post, Jason. Thanks for being with us! And the trouble is that once you make the decision and get a couple hundred pages into a book, there’s no turning back.

I agree. Unless you lose your mind and decide to rewrite the entire wip from start to finish. But who’d do that? (Koff.)

Great post, Jason. Thanks for being with us!

]]> by: Kathleen Bolton http://writerunboxed.com/2007/05/24/choosing-pov/#comment-10948 Thu, 24 May 2007 12:33:58 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2007/05/24/choosing-pov/#comment-10948 My favorite way is to write in first-person, but in my current wip, I'm trying 3rd, and having a blast with it. It just "feels" right for this current story. But if I've made the wrong decision, there's no turing back now. I'll just have to make it work. :-) My favorite way is to write in first-person, but in my current wip, I’m trying 3rd, and having a blast with it. It just “feels” right for this current story.

But if I’ve made the wrong decision, there’s no turing back now. I’ll just have to make it work. :-)

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