Comments on: “You Talkin’ to Me?” https://writersinthestormblog.com/2019/04/you-talkin-to-me/ A Blog On Writing Sun, 12 Jan 2025 05:06:40 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Top Picks Thursday! For Writers & Readers 04-11-2019 | The Author Chronicles https://writersinthestormblog.com/2019/04/you-talkin-to-me/#comment-140448 Thu, 11 Apr 2019 17:49:03 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=36878#comment-140448 […] the Myers-Briggs personality types to build character conflict, James R. Preston runs us through Points Of View, and Janice Hardy tackles the age-old question of how to show your character’s age […]

]]> By: James Preston https://writersinthestormblog.com/2019/04/you-talkin-to-me/#comment-140442 Wed, 10 Apr 2019 19:58:34 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=36878#comment-140442 Luna, welcome! Limited Third Person has a lot of advantages -- less chance of confusing the reader being a big one. I think revealing your sociopath only through behavior is a good way to go for a couple of reasons. First, who really knows what lurks in that kind of mind? I'm guessing not even the owner of the mind. Second, that's the way I deal with a sociopath (well, maybe that's what he is; Roger Winters doesn't fit any known categories) that I have as a continuing character in the Surf City Mysteries.
Thanks for contributing! Good luck with the WIP!

]]> By: dholcomb1 https://writersinthestormblog.com/2019/04/you-talkin-to-me/#comment-140440 Wed, 10 Apr 2019 16:32:53 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=36878#comment-140440 In reply to James Preston.

I use omniscient for the most part. Though, I have used limited, too.

]]> By: Luna Saint Claire https://writersinthestormblog.com/2019/04/you-talkin-to-me/#comment-140439 Wed, 10 Apr 2019 15:41:46 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=36878#comment-140439 Late to this party, but just loved this piece. I am currently writing Limited Third Person (Deep). Previous book was Third Person Multiple - it was difficult and took many edits to be sure there was no inappropriate, nerve-wracking and confusing head-hopping. In that story I needed to show the experiences and events of many women. Through each of their points of view we come to understand the sociopath main character. His POV is never given, only his behavior.

]]> By: Laura Drake https://writersinthestormblog.com/2019/04/you-talkin-to-me/#comment-140434 Wed, 10 Apr 2019 09:01:27 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=36878#comment-140434 In reply to James Preston.

My kinda lady...

]]> By: James Preston https://writersinthestormblog.com/2019/04/you-talkin-to-me/#comment-140433 Wed, 10 Apr 2019 07:03:19 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=36878#comment-140433 In reply to Fae Rowen.

This comment is really an addendum to the essay. I have read that first person is unique to books; not so. If you are interested in a really good film, track down a Kurosawa work called "Rashomon." That's a POV masterpiece worth of study!

]]> By: James Preston https://writersinthestormblog.com/2019/04/you-talkin-to-me/#comment-140432 Wed, 10 Apr 2019 06:59:35 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=36878#comment-140432 In reply to Fae Rowen.

Always great to hear from another writer that the essay did it's job! When I write these things, I have the same goal that we all do: make the reader keep reading. Laughter, in my mind, is one of the best ways to do that. I'm glad you've tried reading first person, and I would suggest many of the Heinlein juvies (nowadays they'd be Young Adult).
If any of you have missed it, Fae's newest is P.R.I.S.M., a page-turning sf story. Rumor has it there's a new one in the works . . .

]]> By: Fae Rowen https://writersinthestormblog.com/2019/04/you-talkin-to-me/#comment-140431 Wed, 10 Apr 2019 02:35:37 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=36878#comment-140431 James, I love your articles! They always make me laugh, and I thank you for including sci fi references. In the past, I would not buy a book that was written in first person; I just didn't like them. But in the last few years I have tried some out, and I like them! I haven't tried writing a book in first person yet, but I may be ready in a year or two when I start a new series. Thanks for such a well-researched blog.

]]> By: James Preston https://writersinthestormblog.com/2019/04/you-talkin-to-me/#comment-140430 Tue, 09 Apr 2019 20:06:25 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=36878#comment-140430 In reply to dholcomb1.

Hi, Denise. Thanks for checking in. I used third person for my historical novellas and found it worked well. What draws you to third, and do you use omniscient or limited?

]]> By: dholcomb1 https://writersinthestormblog.com/2019/04/you-talkin-to-me/#comment-140429 Tue, 09 Apr 2019 18:39:08 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=36878#comment-140429 I like third person for my writing.

denise

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