Hi there! I need some hel]] with a dilemma I'm facing in my Sherlock Holmes pastiche that has a paranormal/fantasy twist but I'm unsure about the best point of view to use.
Initially, I wrote the story from my main character's first-person perspective in a diary format. However, I'm worried...
After writing the long tale, you are coming to the end, and all those mighty conflicts are about to spiral around each other, and end climatically.
But you have many characters, maybe five with POV's, and they are all about to have it out. You want the action to be quick paced, and keep the...
When I write my drafts, I sometimes find myself going deep into the POV character to the point of writing in their voice. Then when I edit, I'll correct some off this language and bring it back a little bit toward the overall style of the book. I want the reader to identify and stay immersed in...
Switching from one's perspective to another in one scene in an omniscient view. I'm writing in an omniscient viewpoint and I have two characters within one scene who we are concentrating on. I'm doing my best, or trying, to stay out of their heads and head-hop - and using the omniscient...
Those of you that are writing / have written third person: does your narrative voice somewhat mirror the voice of the POV? Does it depend how close you are to the character or does your narrator have its own distinct voice all the way through?
I'm particularly interested in examples with...