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Should I describe my characters going to the toilet?
Should I let the narrator (third person) describe that my characters are going to the bathroom (for a sense of realism and accuracy) or should I simply omit it as it as it adds no value to the ...
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Switching Between First and Third Person
So I've started writing a book. It's set in present time, but is going to be interwoven with flashbacks to a few years ago to explain how the character(s) got to this scenario in present time. I was ...
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Can my prologue be written in omniscient third person if the rest of my novel is written in third person limited POV?
I'm writing a novel in third person limited point of view. I want my prologue to feature an event that is referenced later in the novel, but my protagonist is not involved in the event. (e.x the ...
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Third person multiple pov in a crime mystery
Fellow writers,
I am plotting a crime mystery novel. I have the story and gist in place. It should have the "whodunit" element. I want to use Third person multiple pov narrative(more than 6+ povs). I'...
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How do you show the audience that the 3rd person limited narrator is deluded/wrong?
My character's home, both her family and society, are toxic, but in a way that she doesn't realise. They manipulate and essentially brainwash the inhabitants. It's not an evil place just a little ...
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Sudden diary entry within a 3rd person limited story
I'm writing a 3rd person limited multi-pov Sci-Fi. The thoughts of whatever POV is being followed at any point are sometimes shown in italicized writing. Suddenly, 42K words in, starting off chapter ...
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How to work in a piece of information that no MC knows, when writing in 3PLtd?
In my story, there is a group of four characters that are called upon a classic macguffin hunt. The characters know that the macguffin is important, but they do not know all the details as why it is ...
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Have a tough time figuring out third-person prose
I can write first-person great, but many stories can only be told third-person and i dont have much experience here. It always feels clunky, doesn't flow right. And get distracted by pronouns and what ...
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Is my method of Narration switching from objective to subjective too complicated?
I'm having trouble deciding if the manner I have decided to narrate my story is too complicated or not.
I have a story set in a completely foreign and alien world (fiction story). I then uproot my ...
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Does it sound more natural to use the character's way of speaking while describing his/her inner thoughts?
In the following example, the character is a five-year-old:
Saki stared at her side. Her cousin was right: she
had indeed an extra digit on one hand. How come she hadn't notice it before?
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