![]() ![]() And I certainly couldn't tell you what my cats, Ivysaur and Totodile, are thinking, only their actions or expressions. I am currently writing in the first-person, as you can tell the story is very focused on me and you can know what I think, like that the sweater I'm wearing is a bit too warm and makes me feel kind of like a bum but I'd have to add extra effort to tell you what was happening around me, like that my coffee is now empty and very sad-looking. First-person narration (where the narrator is talking from their own perspective) has the benefit of being more personal, but is more technically difficult to pull off without distracting the reader from the story. There are three key Points-of-View: first-person, second-person, and third-person. ![]() ![]() Step 1: Choose what Point-of-View you wish to write in Today, I'm going to talk about the option you have for customizing your own Narrator, as well as the benefits and drawbacks to each feature. Now, it could be that your story is told through the eyes of some sort of god, spirit, unknown invisible force, or a fictionalized version of yourself, but there always has to be a character who knows or sees the story, and tells the audience of the events that transpire. All stories, in fact, are told by a fictional character in your story called the Narrator-whether you realize it or not. Often, this is the result of the author not speaking with his or her own voice, but through the voice of a Narrator. This is most noticeable when the author writes something that is totally contrary to what the author is renowned for believing (a gender-equalist author, for example, talking about women being inferior to men within the story). When writing a novel, a short story, or even a poem, readers often wonder why the author uses certain words, phrases, sentence structures, or why the author holds a specific viewpoint. ![]()
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