by lauralizbuckley | 29 Sep, 2020 | Writing
The close third-person perspective has some great advantages to recommend it. Obviously, it’s not all sunshine and flowers. Every perspective choice has its drawbacks, and make sure to come back for my next blog post for a run-down of those! Or, if first-person is...
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 | 18 Aug, 2020 | Writing
How to Master Tenses in your Writing As an editor, one thing that I find trips up a lot of writers is tense consistency. They’ll switch from past to present, or vice versa. It’s an easy mistake to make, and when you look at the way we talk it’s not surprising. If I’m...
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...
by lauralizbuckley | 24 Sep, 2019 | Writing
A little while ago I wrote about the dangers of head-hopping in writing, and mentioned that it’s a technique (or, depending on how you look at it, a mistake) often confused with use of a third-person omniscient narrator. Which kind of begs the question: what is the...
