tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9028835917893870065.post8251673504300772259..comments2023-05-11T12:10:24.986+00:00Comments on The Novel and Me: My point of view...Novelgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00488142114042324007noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9028835917893870065.post-89780330370756357262007-04-01T23:46:00.000+00:002007-04-01T23:46:00.000+00:00i remember andré gide telling oscar wilde "never u...i remember andré gide telling oscar wilde "never use i". though i don't think he bothered to heed his own advice.<BR/><BR/>third person is much more versatile but requires more skill. that's why there are so few takers.<BR/><BR/>in "pride and prejudice" do you notice how effortlessly austen glides between the omniscient narrator, elizabeth's consciousness, and back again.<BR/><BR/>try third person on for size.coffeesnobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07085484301616614262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9028835917893870065.post-55747100320055771292007-02-10T07:06:00.000+00:002007-02-10T07:06:00.000+00:00Hello fellow Novel Racer!Your course sounds greeat...Hello fellow Novel Racer!<BR/><BR/>Your course sounds greeat - I'm trying to pluck up the courage to join a writing group or somesuch but, ugh, the agony of letting other people read my stuff and/or have to read it out sounds vile.<BR/><BR/>I love 1st person POV - in fact, a lot of my novel kind of exploits the narrow conceptions of the 3 characters with their own POV. Kind of using the Anais Nin quote 'We don't see things as they are, we see things as WE are'.<BR/><BR/>Writing 1st person is a little like acting... rather fun a character is horrible!!Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08781237143187343971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9028835917893870065.post-27306559789202969402007-02-08T12:34:00.000+00:002007-02-08T12:34:00.000+00:00Hello, Welcome to the race! I am doing the baby 'w...Hello, <BR/>Welcome to the race! I am doing the baby 'what is an adverb' course at city lit, which is also fab. Can't imagine doing a course centred around a novel, is the idea that you have finished by the end? Good luck with the chapter.Herahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02197375543537226589noreply@blogger.com