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A "fish out of water" character can serve as a reader proxy: whether it is a wondrous view, an unusual custom, or what have you, the character experiences and responds to them, and through him - th...
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2019-12-12T21:57:19Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#3: Attribution notice added
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2019-12-08T08:08:13Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/33750 License name: CC BY-SA 3.0 License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision
A "fish out of water" character can serve as a reader proxy: whether it is a wondrous view, an unusual custom, or what have you, the character experiences and responds to them, and through him - the reader. But what do I do if there's no "fish out of water character" for whom the situation is novel? How do I evoke wonder at the grandeur of an Alhambra-like palace, for example, if my POV characters have been born there, and all the astounding beauty is their day-to-day? How do I draw attention to a custom that is strange to the reader, but is as common to the characters, as seating on a chair is to us?
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2018-02-23T22:26:10Z (over 6 years ago)
Original score: 6