How about POV?

katpetal
How about POV?

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Oct 3, 2009 - 06 07

What POV will you be writing from? Is this something different for you? Why will you be using this POV?

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Oct 3, 2009 - 06 08

I haven't really decided 100% yet, but I think mine may end up being 1st person. I think her story may be more powerful from that perspective. And it would be completely different from me - as I usually use 3rd limited.

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Oct 3, 2009 - 15 39

I didn't finish my attempt at writing entirely in 2nd person last year but in the intervening time, I read Chis Baty's Book "NO PLOT, NO PROBLEM" and he has some very definite advice against choosing the 1st person.

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Oct 11, 2009 - 20 32

I typically jump between first and third depending on the story.

But this series of Nano stories have all been in 3rd and I doubt that I'm gonna change that now, when it's worked so well in the past.

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NancyPowSherman23

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Nov 1, 2009 - 08 20

I tend to write in either 1st person or 3rd person limited. I've tried 2nd person POV and enjoyed it, but I didn't get rave reviews about that story, so I've put that POV on the back burner until I have time to play. I'd love to write in 3rd person omniscient, but I just haven't been able to make that work; each story's narrator likes to discover everything herself.

I may attempt omniscient in this challenge, but I don't have much confidence in making it work.

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katpetalGlowing Halo

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Nov 1, 2009 - 08 22

So it seems my story has decided for me that it will be written in 3rd person limited. Kinda makes sense really. I suppose. Maybe...

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