Tag Archives: Point-of-View
Escaping into Fantasy: Thoughts on Transportive Fiction
I’ve got a confession to make: I read for escape. I don’t just read to learn, or to shape my moral compass, or to consider the deeper truths of life. If any of that happens, I’m ecstatic. I love to … Continue reading
Posted in Genre Observations, Science Fiction, specfic, writing, Writing
Tagged Characterization, Pacing, Point-of-View, POV, Tension, writing
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Some Thoughts on How POV Works
NOTE: I apologize for posting this a little bit late, but I’m in Hanoi at the moment on business, and I’m swamped with meetings. I hope you will forgive both my tardiness and editorial clumsiness in exchange for some pictures … Continue reading
Posted in Genre Observations, writing
Tagged Daniel Silva, Glen Cook, Gritty Fantasy, Joe Abercrombie, John Le Carre, Point-of-View, POV, Steven Erikson, writing
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Narrative Voice as Mind-control: Thoughts on Manipulating Reader Perception
I’ve always considered voice one of the most important tools when writing alternate history, and over the past couple of weeks I’ve been thinking about how that tool really works (both within and outside the sub-genre). There are probably as … Continue reading
Posted in fantasy, Genre Observations, Science Fiction, scifi, specfic, Writing
Tagged A Game of Thrones, alternate history, At the Queen's Command, Cherie Priest, Drednought, Emma Bull, Freedom and Necessity, George R.R. Martin, John Crowley, JRR Tolkien, Last and First Men, Lisa Yee, Little Big, Lolita, Lord of the Rings, Michael A. Stackpole, Millicent Min: Girl Genius, Nabokov, Olaf Stapledon, Otherland, Perspective, Point-of-View, POV, Sentence Construction, Steven Brust, Style, Tad Williams, The Phoenix Guards, Voice, Word Choice, writing
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