http://www.jennawaterford.com/2007/10/08/points-of-view/ scribbling in the trenches Fri, 05 Dec 2008 17:51:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.jennawaterford.com/2007/10/08/points-of-view/#comment-17 Jenna Mon, 15 Oct 2007 02:20:52 +0000 http://www.jennawaterford.com/2007/10/08/points-of-view/#comment-17 Intriguing! I love both genres. A lot of mysteries use 1st person even when it isn't the investigator who's narrating. Hillerman is the only one that comes immediately to mind who doesn't and he does third-limited. Third is interesting for mysteries, though. Didn't Christie write in third omniscient? Intriguing! I love both genres. A lot of mysteries use 1st person even when it isn’t the investigator who’s narrating. Hillerman is the only one that comes immediately to mind who doesn’t and he does third-limited. Third is interesting for mysteries, though. Didn’t Christie write in third omniscient?

]]> http://www.jennawaterford.com/2007/10/08/points-of-view/#comment-16 DQ Wed, 10 Oct 2007 11:50:27 +0000 http://www.jennawaterford.com/2007/10/08/points-of-view/#comment-16 Agreed that planning such things out is a good idea. And determining POV is sometimes harder than it seems... I've struggled a long time with one story idea I have about whether it should be 3rd person or 1st. It's somewhat a detective-fantasy story, so I like the vaguely "noir" concept of sticking to 1st person, but 3rd person would make it easier to describe scenes and body language in such a way to help display other character motivations that may be important for the reader to pick up. Agreed that planning such things out is a good idea. And determining POV is sometimes harder than it seems… I’ve struggled a long time with one story idea I have about whether it should be 3rd person or 1st. It’s somewhat a detective-fantasy story, so I like the vaguely “noir” concept of sticking to 1st person, but 3rd person would make it easier to describe scenes and body language in such a way to help display other character motivations that may be important for the reader to pick up.

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