by lauralizbuckley | 26 Sep, 2020 | Book Reviews
The Truants Genre Contemporary fiction, mystery Content Warnings Drug use, explicit references to sex, abortion, death The Truants plot summary Jess made her university choice based on one thing, and one thing only. Professor Lorna Clay, author of The Truants, and the...
by lauralizbuckley | 24 Sep, 2020 | Writing
Last week I talked about the major drawbacks, but what are the advantages of the first-person perspective? It’s a hugely popular perspective, so what’s drawing people to it? Let’s look at four of the biggest pluses to first-person narration. And, of course, I’ll also...
by lauralizbuckley | 15 Sep, 2020 | Writing
I’ve written a little about the benefits and limitations of the first-person perspective before. But that was in a discussion about all of the different narrative perspectives you have to choose from, so I didn’t go into a lot of detail. Recently I’ve been thinking...
by lauralizbuckley | 28 Apr, 2020 | Writing
Writing a story involves making many choices, and one of those choices is which narrative perspective you want to use. So, what is actually meant by ‘narrative perspective’, and why does it matter? ‘Narrative Perspective’ Definition When we talk about the narrative...
