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Leisha · 28th February 2007, 09:37 PM

Hi,
I hope you don't mind me adding another question to this thread (I'm new here, so please forgive me if it's wrong!). Anyway:

If a novel sent in to an agent had that "something special" (and I understand that 99.999% do not), but the author had put odd commas in the wrong places, would that put the agent off? I know that every agent will probably feel different, but I just wondered if there was some sort of cut-off point with errors on each page/the first chapter?

Also, on an unrelated issue, I'm confused about POV. If you wanted to write a novel with multiple character POVs and have each person go into some depth regarding their feelings and views, could that still be called third person limited, or is that "omniscent" territory? You see, in my second book I want to add more POVs (since my first book only has one), yet I'm not too sure which POV that would be classed as. Can anyone enlighten me?

Thanks in advance! ^_^

Sarah

28th February 2007, 09:37 PM	#110 (permalink)
Leisha Loopy Kit Extraordinaire Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Cumbria Posts: 2,056	Re: "Personal" question(s) to John Jarrold Hi, I hope you don't mind me adding another question to this thread (I'm new here, so please forgive me if it's wrong!). Anyway: If a novel sent in to an agent had that "something special" (and I understand that 99.999% do not), but the author had put odd commas in the wrong places, would that put the agent off? I know that every agent will probably feel different, but I just wondered if there was some sort of cut-off point with errors on each page/the first chapter? Also, on an unrelated issue, I'm confused about POV. If you wanted to write a novel with multiple character POVs and have each person go into some depth regarding their feelings and views, could that still be called third person limited, or is that "omniscent" territory? You see, in my second book I want to add more POVs (since my first book only has one), yet I'm not too sure which POV that would be classed as. Can anyone enlighten me? Thanks in advance! ^_^ Sarah Last edited by Leisha; 28th February 2007 at 09:59 PM.