TheCrystallineEntity
Istar
Well, I've taken the leap into omniscient. I've heard that it's extremely important to know each character's voice and how they talk before even attempting it. Thoughts?
No. Study and read about it before you try so you know what it is you'll be doing. Omniscient has many parts to it and is not always straightforward. Very quickly:Well, I've taken the leap into omniscient. I've heard that it's extremely important to know each character's voice and how they talk before even attempting it. Thoughts?
Well, I've taken the leap into omniscient. I've heard that it's extremely important to know each character's voice and how they talk before even attempting it. Thoughts?
Is Omnipresent - or variations of it - really the best way to tell your story? It's a very challenging perspective to do...
When you constrain yourself to a POV character, whether that's first or third, you can only present to the reader that which the character sees or knows. It can be challenging because you have to craft your story so that your character can present to the reader what is necessary. But that can be really good because your reader gets to experience it with the character. It should work about the same with Omni, but Omni does make it really easy to cheat on that part. Sometimes that can work -- there are no absolutes in writing -- but it is more likely to not work.
I keep having to remind myself that I have great freedom and that I'm not locked into one character's viewpoint.