Re: 1st, 2nd, 3rd - 4th person POV??

Roger Mills scripsit:

> (I stopped trying to write fiction long ago, but as I recall, Omniscient
> Narrator is easy, but sort of a cop-out; good writers are supposed to
> develop characters and illuminate their actions/motivations without
> resorting to Playing God. Though I hasten to add that O.N. can be a useful
> and legit method sometimes.)
Ursula Le Guin's excellent book on narrative writing (both
fiction and non-fiction, e.g. memoir) discusses all the narrative
voices even-handedly, discussing what works and what doesn't about
omniscient, single-viewpoint, multiple-viewpoint, first-person, and
second-person narration.  It's called _Steering the Craft_; details at
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0933377460 .  She also discusses
the impact of past-tense vs. present-tense narration.

I recommend this book even if you don't want to write narrative prose.

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