https://writing.codidact.com/categories/1/tags/78.rssNew Posts Tagged 'perspective' - WritingWriting - Codidact2020-02-25T00:48:57Zhttps://writing.codidact.com/posts/38857Introducing a new POV near the end of a storyLlewellynhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/60822019-10-18T13:23:00Z2020-02-25T00:48:57Z<p>This question is strongly related to this one: <a href="https://writing.stackexchange.com/questions/31822/balance-between-characters-point-of-views/31828#31828">Balance between character's p...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/17886Switching perspectives for a single chapter in a first person POV novel, to do or not to do?RE Lavenderhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/41322016-07-19T01:58:01Z2019-12-13T12:00:37Z<p>Allow me to explain what prompted the question before you immediately say that it's not okay and it would confuse the readers.</p>
<p><strong>The protagonist of the novel - also the narrator - ...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/16561How to know whether to write in 3rd person or 1st person?Daniel Cannhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/37622016-03-04T07:00:45Z2019-12-13T12:00:34Z<p>How do I know, when I'm writing, which perspective I should write in?</p>
<p>I almost always write with a 1st person narrative because it makes it easy to get great immersion in with the charac...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/14298Writing from a hive mind POVBabika Babakahttps://writing.codidact.com/users/31712015-08-13T12:06:30Z2019-12-13T12:00:30Z<h2>The story:</h2>
<p>Centuries ago, humanity have been incorporated into an alien hive mind, spread by a bacterial-like infection. The "bacteria" infects the blood and brain and allows the infec...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/11873What is the voice called when the narrator is a secondary character?Tom Auhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/2832014-12-24T16:43:45Z2019-12-13T12:00:27Z<p>Stories that are told by an "all seeing" narrator are told in the "third person."</p>
<p>Stories that are told by the main character, based on what s/he sees, are told in the "first person."</p...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/11762Omniscient POV vs deep 3rd person POVuser8727https://writing.codidact.com/users/9732014-12-05T21:21:25Z2019-12-13T12:00:26Z<p>After submitting my manuscript the publisher responded with this:</p>
<p>"Thank you so much for your interest in publishing with XXXXXXXXXXXX. The publishing industry, however, is very competit...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/9385Perspective and Balance with Multiple CharactersJameshttps://writing.codidact.com/users/23552013-12-23T16:11:56Z2019-12-13T12:00:20Z<p>I am working on a piece of fiction and am having some difficulty locking down which perspective/s to utilize. The main issue at hand is that I have 4 characters that will play "lead" roles and ...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/6867Is it a bad idea to vary the voice of the narrator in third person (limited omniscient)?NateDSainthttps://writing.codidact.com/users/6512013-01-02T00:53:49Z2019-12-13T12:00:13Z<p>I did some thorough searching for duplicates of this question, but I don't think they really cover the same spirit of the issue I'm having. (here are some examples of similar but different quest...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/5458How best to handle revealing a main character's name midway through a long story in close-third person?RSidhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/13712012-03-22T03:45:50Z2019-12-13T12:00:07Z<p>I'm writing a novel, and it's written in close third person perspective, very much sitting on the shoulder of one main character and privy to their thoughts. There is another very important char...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/4855Dealing with personal trauma in writinginahttps://writing.codidact.com/users/12662011-12-15T03:09:05Z2019-12-13T12:00:03Z<p>Often, I develop mythos that are based on extensions (sometimes fantasy-based) of personal trauma. There are times when it becomes too personal and I literally feel like hitting the shift-delete...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/23091How to write from a cat's perspective?Irenehttps://writing.codidact.com/users/53692017-08-21T10:52:37Z2019-12-13T11:56:46Z<p>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 to kill Jerry or do something to him. However, ...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/26960Is First person perspective more intimate than Third person perspective?A. Kvålehttps://writing.codidact.com/users/60602018-03-16T09:28:12Z2019-12-12T23:01:22Z<p>I know there's a lot of questions regarding this topic, but none of them delved too deep into if there's a different level intimacy between the two perspectives. </p>
<p>People have told me tha...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/25888Would it be cheating to change the main character's "name" partway through the story?AkkaVerhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/58952018-02-05T15:29:22Z2019-12-12T23:01:20Z<p>I'm writing a story written in third-person limited, and the main character has no real name. They simply go by the nickname they're given by the people they hang around at the time, resulting i...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/31094How to write internally emotional characters?J.D. Rayhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/30942018-10-12T16:32:56Z2019-12-12T21:57:28Z<p>Over the past couple of days, I've asked questions about <a href="https://writing.stackexchange.com/questions/39297/how-to-write-female-characters-with-agency">writing female characters with age...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/31070If a main character is writing the story, can I change who writes the story in the next chapter?Stephanie https://writing.codidact.com/users/67482018-10-11T06:30:10Z2019-12-12T21:57:28Z<p>I’m trying to write my first novel and I have come across an issue which I feel like it could change the whole story/flow. Originally it wouldn’t have mattered if I wrote in the third person but...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/31062How to write female characters as a male writer?J.D. Rayhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/30942018-10-10T22:14:54Z2019-12-12T21:57:28Z<p>Yesterday I asked a question about <a href="https://writing.stackexchange.com/questions/39297/how-to-write-female-characters-with-agency">writing a female character who has agency</a>. Much to ...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/31023How to write female characters with agency?J.D. Rayhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/30942018-10-09T17:45:39Z2019-12-12T21:57:28Z<p>I'm attempting to write a novel, an historical fiction with a small fantasy component (time travel through a portal). The travelers (main characters) are a young couple from the late 23rd Centu...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/29422To what extent can a first person narrative tell someone else's story?Ashhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/26322018-07-04T18:00:51Z2019-12-12T21:57:25Z<p>I've recently been working on some stories written in the first person from the point of view of what, in the grand scheme of things, would be called minor characters. Examples include a junior ...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/29237Dead as a point-of-view, how can you write first person narrative if that person is dead?Ashhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/26322018-06-26T15:38:21Z2019-12-12T21:57:24Z<p>In short I'd like to write a story from the point-of-view of a character who ultimately dies within the narrative without the story being either A. a ghost story or B. a life/after-life retrospe...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/27687How to write two seemingly different characters that are actually the same person?gibihakkasyhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/62132018-04-23T12:14:38Z2019-12-12T21:57:20Z<p>I'm currently working on a book with two protagonists and switching the perspective between them. They have quite different plotlines, but actually they're the same person. English is not my fir...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/15307Two perspectives in a non-fiction bookTammy Boustead-Troyahttps://writing.codidact.com/users/38352015-11-16T22:45:22Z2019-12-08T18:46:42Z<p>My daughter and I thought it was a good idea to write a book about our experiences throughout her casting for a movie that she did. Her view on the journey and My view as her mother. Not sure ho...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/37542Is it bad style if the personal first person narrator of a story dies during said story?DLComhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/77312019-07-30T22:37:03Z2019-12-08T12:35:48Z<p>Right now I'm writing a novel in which I use the changing perspectives of two main characters with limited information each to slowly unveil the whole plot to the reader. Both use the past tens...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/36205How to find different meanings behind metaphors used in speech writing?Michael Riley - AKA Gunnyhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/75302019-05-25T15:15:57Z2019-12-08T11:58:54Z<p>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 think a certain way. I have certain prejudices. I think we all do. If I use ...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/36041Referring to a character in 3rd person when they have amnesiadriimahttps://writing.codidact.com/users/37532019-05-16T22:57:47Z2019-12-08T11:54:35Z<p>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 about herself due to amnesia. The reader is also unaware of anythin...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/35599Will a change in perspective "intimacy" confuse the reader?Systemhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/-12019-04-20T00:35:00Z2019-12-08T11:44:00Z<p>[Not a native english speaker] </p>
<p>I am currently writing a novel, told from the 3rd-person POV, with several characters being followed in different scenes.</p>
<p>Will the following confu...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/33844What are the best techniques to show a character panicking as it is seen by the POV character?Paravalioushttps://writing.codidact.com/users/72032019-02-27T17:03:17Z2019-12-08T11:03:08Z<p>So the problem I am having is that the protagonist of the novel I am writing is having a confrontation with another character, who starts panicking. Instead of saying "panic dripped from his fac...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/30338Colours of ultravioletMarcus Downinghttps://writing.codidact.com/users/66082018-08-24T10:26:41Z2019-12-08T09:41:12Z<p>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 unique, their entire ...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/29139Is it "fair" to hide specific thoughts of a character?colmdehttps://writing.codidact.com/users/42392018-06-21T16:31:25Z2019-12-08T09:12:06Z<p>I kind of like the style of writing the thoughts and feelings of many of the characters, most of which aren't the protagonist. </p>
<p>The problem arises when some of these characters are hidin...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/26041What is the difference between limited third-person narrative and free indirect discourse?Fabjajahttps://writing.codidact.com/users/81172018-02-13T14:54:30Z2019-12-08T07:55:55Z<p>Free indirect discourse is a writing technique that makes the writing display the character's thoughts whilst still remaining in third-person narrative, with 'he' or 'she' as pronouns. As an exa...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/25810How to describe a female character's figure without comedy?user29283https://writing.codidact.com/users/58862018-02-02T15:35:35Z2019-12-08T07:50:30Z<p>Do you know a good way to describe a female character's figure?</p>
<p>I'm writing a fairly serious story, but the only way I know how to describe this is from comedy stories, where they work o...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/25255How would a mature teenager behave?iiRosie1https://writing.codidact.com/users/57242018-01-04T16:54:45Z2019-12-08T07:38:05Z<p>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 someone who doesn't swear, but some matur...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/24173Do modern readers believe the first person narrator can't die?Andreyhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/4612017-10-31T17:06:01Z2019-12-08T07:15:48Z<p>Back in highschool in the 90s we had an assignment to write an extra chapter for a book. After some discussion the teacher told us that under no circumstances can we kill the protagonist as the ...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/24088To what extent do I have to explain certain reasons or choices to my audience?PGODULTIMATEhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/55402017-10-26T02:34:12Z2019-12-08T07:13:34Z<p>In my story, there is a spot where there is a major shift in perspective as one point of view is supposed to be from someone writing in the first person to another point of view in the third per...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/22966How to write a scene from multiple peoples perspectives?Butterflyhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/53412017-08-10T11:44:04Z2019-12-08T06:52:43Z<p>I want to write a scene from multiple peoples perspectives without making it incredibly long, or repetitive. Is there a correct way to go about this?</p>
https://writing.codidact.com/posts/19020How do I contrast the thought processes of different characters in one scene?Kevinhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/29362016-11-08T06:56:37Z2019-12-08T05:43:37Z<p>I have two characters, Alice and Bob. They have just met and each is trying to deceive the other. But their thought processes and the nature of their deceptions are very different from one ano...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/18910Splicing/Mixing ScenesJ. Doehttps://writing.codidact.com/users/45912016-10-24T21:40:50Z2019-12-08T05:42:03Z<p>Remember the end of the Godfather, where they spliced all the different assassinations with the christening? Or any film with good cutting, where they swap between different characters and what ...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/18842Term for writing mostly in first-person, but switching to third-person for things the POV doesn't yet know?Tonyhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/45752016-10-18T12:34:29Z2019-12-08T05:41:08Z<p>What's the term or name of the literary device/technique employed when a novel is mostly written in first person from the protagonist's view, but events as yet unknown to the character are writt...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/17819Can a scene be written to be disorienting and not be too confusing to readers?Trynda E. Adairhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/1522016-07-12T03:17:32Z2019-12-08T05:24:58Z<p>I've written a scene in a short story where the character and her party are suddenly attacked in the night. It's written in first-person and the character had just been shaken awake from a night...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/12300Writing in a character's voice. How deep should I go with immersion?Dan Hanlyhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/4682015-02-11T21:36:56Z2019-12-08T04:02:30Z<p>I am writing a story that has ten main characters, each chapter is a progression of the story but from the perspective of one of the ten.</p>
<p>As you can imagine, this presents it's own uniqu...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/10320Writing non-fiction in three perspectives?newlogichttps://writing.codidact.com/users/26022014-05-08T00:42:45Z2019-12-08T03:30:45Z<p>I've been writing a work of non-fiction, specifically a motivational/psychology piece. It's my first book. The book is written primarily in second and third person, but also first when I feel t...