P.S. Thanks in advance for not thinking I'm crazy for my characters talking to me. If you went to Lexicon, you should already know this happens a lot!!
While I was writing on my second novel, All About Gwen, today I started thinking about point of view. My first novel, Dust, is written from the viewpoint of my main character, Emily Johnson. I wrote it in first person because when I dreamed the idea for the novel, I was Emily. My second novel's main character is Gwen and while I was writing today I wanted to keep saying "Gwen" instead of "I." I've always believed in listening to your characters and how they want to be written and I'm scared to think that Gwen wants to be written in third person. I think of myself as a pretty good writer because my characters are a lot like me and so they sound like me. I don't write characters that I couldn't see being "real people." I was never an astronaut, and NASA thanks me for that, so I can't write like I know anything about space. My characters act and feel like an average twenty something female because that's what I am. I don't make my characters something that they aren't either. So, when Gwen wanted to me to write her story in third person, I freaked! I wrote 75,000 plus words in first person for so long, that I'm a little nervous bout tackling third person. Should I try a chapter both ways and see which one my group likes the best? Should I ignore Gwen and keep it in first person? I don't know!! Also, should I go back and forth between Gwen and her daughter who is also a main character in the book to see both of their viewpoints? I don't know!! HELP!! Please leave a comment if you have any advice for me=) Thanks!!
P.S. Thanks in advance for not thinking I'm crazy for my characters talking to me. If you went to Lexicon, you should already know this happens a lot!!
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Nancy
10/29/2012 08:50:45 am
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