Tom
Istar
Just as the title says, I want to know what narrative format you find yourself using the most, and why. Yes, I'm getting into the nasty technical bits of writing!
What do you do with things like chapter titles, chapter openers such as quotes, poems, etc, flow of the narrative, stuff like that? Do you use prologues or epilogues or other "add-ons" to the main narrative? How do you usually handle time--linear, non-linear? How many different viewpoint characters do you normally use, and how do you divide the story into parts for each of them? What person and tense do you use most? What do you do for flashbacks?
Yeah, I know I'm really grilling you guys, but lately I've been thinking more about how a writer uses the narrative structure and what it says about his/her style.
Some last few questions: What do you like about your preferred narrative structure (if you have one)? Have you ever broken away from it to experiment?
What do you do with things like chapter titles, chapter openers such as quotes, poems, etc, flow of the narrative, stuff like that? Do you use prologues or epilogues or other "add-ons" to the main narrative? How do you usually handle time--linear, non-linear? How many different viewpoint characters do you normally use, and how do you divide the story into parts for each of them? What person and tense do you use most? What do you do for flashbacks?
Yeah, I know I'm really grilling you guys, but lately I've been thinking more about how a writer uses the narrative structure and what it says about his/her style.
Some last few questions: What do you like about your preferred narrative structure (if you have one)? Have you ever broken away from it to experiment?