tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855283511538601375.post5889284375729222252..comments2024-03-16T07:27:27.752+00:00Comments on Novel Points of View: Points of view, appropriately!Rae Cowiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10213969901991611348noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855283511538601375.post-62018004296265162632011-11-10T14:00:42.616+00:002011-11-10T14:00:42.616+00:00Coming in late - again. Agree with you Jenny that...Coming in late - again. Agree with you Jenny that POV needs to be carefully observed. It CAN work when some writers head-hop (Nora Roberts does it v. successfully) but generally I dislike it intensely. <br /><br />Like you a prefer to use multiple view points (usually 3, not sure i can manage more) but the teen novels I'm working on at the moment are written in the first person. Definitely a challenge, but an interesting one.Gill Stewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03139563775181908912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855283511538601375.post-35282110003601094812011-10-31T13:07:21.802+00:002011-10-31T13:07:21.802+00:00I think this one could run and run!I think this one could run and run!myraduffyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08697152063675260518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855283511538601375.post-30835777954872737282011-10-30T15:06:04.318+00:002011-10-30T15:06:04.318+00:00Great post Jenny, on an important issue. I'm w...Great post Jenny, on an important issue. I'm with you on only breaking the 'rules' of POV when you know them and are therefore making an informed decision to do so.Janicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01831786754054878605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855283511538601375.post-13372432150642167692011-10-30T14:32:40.330+00:002011-10-30T14:32:40.330+00:00Compeletely agree about change of POV having a lin...Compeletely agree about change of POV having a line space. It's one of those 'rules' that's meant to eliminate reader confusion, whether in a short story or novel. Guess the rule acn be broken if the writer is competent enough to avoid all confusion!Rosemary Gemmellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09311840205603508422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855283511538601375.post-23131731301246695412011-10-30T11:36:30.421+00:002011-10-30T11:36:30.421+00:00The only problem with this is that lots of people ...The only problem with this is that lots of people do treat it as a RULE without really understanding it. The Authonomy site, which I used for a while, was full of wannabe writers who'd falsely accuse others of head-hopping when the problem actually was that they hadn't 'got' what the writers they were criticising were trying to do. Of course, if the reader has no idea whose voice they're hearing the writer has failed, but shifting POV to create particular effects or give contrasting responses to an incident or event is an essential part of narrative technique.<br /><br />(As an aside, I'm posting a spoof interview on my own blog on Halloween which takes a wee sideswipe at what my interviewee calls 'the Point Of View brigade'. The same interview will be posted on the Booksquawk site as what they're calling a spooftacular. - End of commercial break.)Bill Kirtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16345949773423764808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855283511538601375.post-37968102665110041762011-10-30T10:24:32.833+00:002011-10-30T10:24:32.833+00:00I'm with you all the way on head hopping, it c...I'm with you all the way on head hopping, it can get so confusing. However, I do like writing from a multi-viewpoint perspective and always adhere to the line space or 3 asterisks between the change of viewpoint scenes. Excellent post Jenny and a lot there for new writers to think about.Chris Longmuirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02488093821886798927noreply@blogger.com