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Viewpoint
Choosing the right viewpoint can be a dilemma for many writers. The articles in this section will look at a range of opinions on how to handle viewpoint, and how to choose the right viewpoint character.
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VIEWPOINT - Who's Telling the Story?
Vashti Farrer
Viewpoint is often dismissed as unimportant; whether the story is told in the first, or third person, and through which character's eyes, when it is actually an under-used, under-valued writing tool. And when authors play musical chairs with viewpoint, they risk irritating the reader and ruining the story at the same time. . . . keep reading
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Self-Editing Part Two
Viewpoint Slips
Marg McAlister
Many writers find it extraordinarily hard to master point of view (commonly known as POV). They can't fix up viewpoint slips because they don't really understand what this means. What IS a 'viewpoint slip'? How do you know whose viewpoint you're in? Why can't you just let readers know what is going on in everybody's mind? . . . keep reading
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Self-Editing Part Six
Viewpoint
Marg McAlister
The issue of how to handle viewpoint is complex enough for writers to have written whole books on this subject. There are many things to consider - from how viewpoint affects dialogue through to filtering setting through viewpoint - but today we're going to look at four viewpoint problems that I notice coming up again and again. . . . keep reading
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Story Character Secrets Part 2
Get Your Viewpoint Character Right
Marg McAlister
I've seen more stories miss the target because they 'star' the wrong character than for any other reason. What really astounds me is that the writer of the story seems - on some level - to realise this, even while they stubbornly keep trying to hammer a square peg into a round hole... . . . keep reading
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Effective Character Description Part 2
Marg McAlister
When you're looking out at the world through the eyes of the scene's viewpoint character, how do you show the reader what your character is like? We're going to look at three different ways of exploring a viewpoint character's looks and personality. . . . keep reading
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How To Avoid Viewpoint Slips
Marg McAlister
Every writer wants readers to become deeply immersed in the characters they invent. In effect, when someone reads, they 'become' the main person in the scene. The deeper inside that person's viewpoint you can help the reader go, the more convinced the reader is that this character is 'real'. . . . keep reading
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Characters - Whose Story is It?
Marg McAlister
Whenever you sit down to plot a story (or even to think about a story) one of the first things you have to ask yourself is this: "Whose story IS it?" It seems like a simple question - but your story can succeed or fail depending on how you handle this. Told from the wrong point of view, a story can founder before the first chapter has come to an end. . . . keep reading
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A View on Viewpoint
by Lorin Oberweger
Deciding who will tell your story and from what point of view, is probably the most important question you face in undertaking a novel. . . . keep reading
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Ann Harth
