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Lily Tussle · 06-20-2002, 01:00 PM

Regarding Point of View: I once read abook where each chapter was told from a different chracter's point of view. It was interesting, because it allowed you to see the story from several differnt angles, and it was much less confusing than the author-knows-all point of view. I, myself, tend to write in third person limited, but that gets rather dull after some time. Is there any way to focus on more than one character's thoughts and feelings but with out it being dubbed as "omniscient" (did I spell that right?), and therefore becoming sort of confusing as to whom we are focusing on now?

06-20-2002, 01:00 PM	#11
Lily Tussle Pile O'Bones Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Pincup, The Shire, Eriador, Middle Earth Posts: 14	Regarding Point of View: I once read abook where each chapter was told from a different chracter's point of view. It was interesting, because it allowed you to see the story from several differnt angles, and it was much less confusing than the author-knows-all point of view. I, myself, tend to write in third person limited, but that gets rather dull after some time. Is there any way to focus on more than one character's thoughts and feelings but with out it being dubbed as "omniscient" (did I spell that right?), and therefore becoming sort of confusing as to whom we are focusing on now? __________________ "Reading? I didn't know you could read."