| Re: Point of View
I generally don't notice it a lot, but I've got to say that I like Tolkien's narration style where the narrator almost feels like a character. I generally write third person limited, occasionally with a hint of omniscience. I've experimented with working in first person, and it gives me a much stronger insight to the character so I can predict what they do and think easier, but it's limited to that character's perception, and feels like it neglects others.
Though I've found this one book (Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas) that has a really odd narrative; it's written in present tense, second person. It's strangely effective. It's made even odder that 'I' am supposedly a 25 year-old Welsh-Filipino women living in Seattle and working as a stock broker with a boyfriend who has a pet monkey. |