Making your Writing Better (narrative viewpoint, your voice as an author) by Gary Smailes
FOR WRITERS AND EDITORS ONLY :) One of those genuinely interesting articles about a subject that is rarely tackled for reasons oftentimes interpreted as selfish, ignorant or impotent. Some fiction geeks will thrust your sealed novice hunger of HOWs and WHATs in creative fiction or non-fiction writing in the stop-and-never-remember-to-ask-this-again dustbin. Gary Smailes played the same card with a different technique and conviction. He compiled this amazing and so inspiring aricle that I personally think is worth sharing here. Don't get me wrong, it's Gary Smailes, one of my best editors ever. Here we go... As usual, I am going to illustrate one technique, or best practice, that you can apply to your future writing projects. Today is a long one. I’ve been working on this article for a few weeks but thought that it was an important topic worthy of the 3000+ word count. So, today, I want to talk about narrative viewpoint. One problem I see on a regular basis,...