I’ll have to read some of those other books, but I have to say Mantel’s A Place of Greater Safety is one of the most powerful novels I’ve read—exceeded only by her great trilogy about Thomas Cromwell.
How do you create an exposition that draws the reader into the story? I feel like I have an idea of how I want my story to begin, but when I go to write it, I’m not sure if I should start with inner dialogue, or an action the character is doing or what’s going on around the character or etc…).
I find this particularly difficult when writing in the third person POV limited. I hope I make sense ^^;;;.
When should a writer use a pronoun instead of a character’s name?
When the sentence rhythm and the blocking and memory of your imagined ideal reader demands it.
I’ll have to read some of those other books, but I have to say Mantel’s A Place of Greater Safety is one of the most powerful novels I’ve read—exceeded only by her great trilogy about Thomas Cromwell.
How do you create an exposition that draws the reader into the story? I feel like I have an idea of how I want my story to begin, but when I go to write it, I’m not sure if I should start with inner dialogue, or an action the character is doing or what’s going on around the character or etc…).
I find this particularly difficult when writing in the third person POV limited. I hope I make sense ^^;;;.
Thank you so much!
How do you go about feeling out the voice of a new piece of fiction? In fact, how do you think about/define/talk about voice in general?