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How much of a Novel's Point of View should be from the Narrator
I am writing a Novel.
How much of the story should be from the Narrator's Point of View.
For instance, Narrator knows that person A was engaged to person B decades ago.
But Narrator does not know ...
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Point of view, narrative voice, and when to name a character in narration
Let's say you have a scene with Maria, written in third person from Maria's point of view. Then you have a scene with Akash, written in third person from Akash's point of view - and suppose they do ...
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What is it called when the reader is the focal point?
Here is an example of what I mean in present-tense (though narrative time is irrelevant):
You walk into the empty room, you should be worrying about what's about to happen but instead your mind is ...
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First person narrative - pros and cons
I'm writing a novel where my original idea was to use first person narrative in most chapters, since the story focuses on the main character's thoughts/feelings/mental issues. I planned to use third ...
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