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Tagged with point-of-view or pov
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How to write female characters with agency?
I'm attempting to write a novel, an historical fiction with a small fantasy component (time travel through a portal). The travelers (main characters) are a young couple from the late 23rd Century who ...
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I'm writing a prologue from the POV of a non-English-speaking character. How should I write the dialogue?
Picturing this in movie form would be easy. I would have the character speak their native language in the scene and place subtitles. But I do not have this luxury in writing.
It would be weird to ...
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How to write a discussion amongst 5 people while narrating a novel as first person singular?
I am writing an autobiographical novel and there is a scene where 5 people will be discussing a subject matter. Now, how can I write the discussion without making it sound like a newbie like I want to ...
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When writing a novel, is it wise to switch from first-person to third-person? What is the most effective way to do this?
In a novel I've been writing, I begin by introducing a character and describing her history and personality from a third-person perspective.
Now, I want to start talking about a different character, ...
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How do I keep the gender of my main character purposely ambiguous?
I'm a newcomer to this community, and have recently started giving serious thought to my first novel. I'm basically working on an idea I had a few years back. It's fiction, has a lot to do with ...
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When two POV characters meet
I have two POV (3rd person limited) characters and they start the story as complete strangers and far apart. They don't meet for some time and they have very different experiences.
Now I want them to ...
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How can I introduce a new POV late in my book?
In the book I am writing, the first seven chapters are from the POV of one character. In chapter 8, I am planning to add a second POV character. I will probably also add a third POV character in ...
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Varying POV and tense
My novel is written in the third person. When changing POV between different scenes (or chapters), is it OK if the parts for different POV characters use different tenses: some - the past tense, and ...
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How to write a convincing character with a opinion that differs from the author's?
So I wrote a short text recently in which the character has a very strong political opinion (anti-LGBTQ), which in addition is totally different to my own opinion. Now, I wanted to make the character ...
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Any Tips On Writing Extended Recollection In A Novel
So, I've been working for about a month now on my latest novel but have come across some issues in regards to recollections of past events.
I'll outline what I mean, because that's a bit general...
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Can a third-person narrator ask questions instead of the characters?
In novels, when the PoV follows a particular character, is pretty common that we get to hear his/her thoughts. Sometimes, those thoughts take the form of questions that the character ask himself:
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Characterizing a sentient robot: sensory data
I have a sentient robot in my novel.
Truth to be told, I have many. Sentience is somewhat cheap to achieve, meaning that there are multiple artificial beings that can be considered sentient by our ...
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What happens with changing POV Irregularly?
I have a story that is primarily told from one POV character (third-person limited). However, plotted within this story are a few chapters from other characters.
Most of my multiple-POV research ...
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How to execute a change of the POV in a first person novel POV?
I am writing a novel and I am about 1/3 into it. It is in first person, past-tense.
I am at a scene where the main character (the narrator) goes unconscious. The second main character has only ever ...
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Is it poor technique to use a different characters POV for only a short scene in a novel length piece of work?
Basically what I'm wondering here is if it's distracting or poor technique to switch the view point character to one of the bad guys just for a few pages or a very short scene in a novel.
I'm working ...
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