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Saxony Tarn · 06-20-2002, 06:19 PM

Laie-- why thank you! i thought so! B)

to the reasonably new member who asked about getting into more than one character's thoughts w/o confusing the reader -- may i suggest you zoom in on one character at a time and change the zoom when the stress shifts. Thus, you're in only one head at a time, but you're in more than one character's head during the story. (it's hard at first but gets easier with practice. i used this for a romance -- depending on which of the characters was in the proverbial hot-seat at any given time, that's whose internal angst i eavesdropped on.)

It should probably be noted that Tolkein apparently never got into the characters' inner thoughts much if at all. Did it get in the way of the action? Or did he want us to speculate (and therefore left us ample room) ?? Or did he just not find that as interesting as the action?

Your guess is as good as mine!

s.t.

|_|) <-- skoal!

06-20-2002, 06:19 PM	#11
Saxony Tarn Wight Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: a western shore Posts: 132	Laie-- why thank you! i thought so! B) to the reasonably new member who asked about getting into more than one character's thoughts w/o confusing the reader -- may i suggest you zoom in on one character at a time and change the zoom when the stress shifts. Thus, you're in only one head at a time, but you're in more than one character's head during the story. (it's hard at first but gets easier with practice. i used this for a romance -- depending on which of the characters was in the proverbial hot-seat at any given time, that's whose internal angst i eavesdropped on.) It should probably be noted that Tolkein apparently never got into the characters' inner thoughts much if at all. Did it get in the way of the action? Or did he want us to speculate (and therefore left us ample room) ?? Or did he just not find that as interesting as the action? Your guess is as good as mine! s.t. \|_\|) <-- skoal! __________________ <-- who, me? Take the Ring? Betray the Fellowship?? Nah -- couldn't be ME, i'm too cute...