Comments on: What No One Tell You About Point of View: Part Three, Examples http://elizabethstark.com/2008/12/08/what-no-one-tell-you-about-point-of-view-part-three-examples/ Elizabeth Stark's Storytelling World Sat, 04 Dec 2010 02:05:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: admin http://elizabethstark.com/2008/12/08/what-no-one-tell-you-about-point-of-view-part-three-examples/comment-page-1/#comment-179 admin Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:00:20 +0000 http://elizabethstark.com/?p=447#comment-179 Kimberely, I know what it is to miss the Bay Area, so I am happy to provide you with "letters from home." And I am glad to POV blogs are helpful. It's often true that the "problems" in our writings are innovations or solutions in disguise, which is one reason why a critique that supplies solutions doesn't serve a writer well; it cuts out the creative thinking that can push the book in exciting new directions. Thanks for your comments! Gretchen, That is a brilliant example of POV as plot--the unreliable narrator--we know more, or at least differently, than he does. And the story would not exist without the omissions and additions of his POV. Kimberely,

I know what it is to miss the Bay Area, so I am happy to provide you with “letters from home.” And I am glad to POV blogs are helpful. It’s often true that the “problems” in our writings are innovations or solutions in disguise, which is one reason why a critique that supplies solutions doesn’t serve a writer well; it cuts out the creative thinking that can push the book in exciting new directions. Thanks for your comments!

Gretchen,

That is a brilliant example of POV as plot–the unreliable narrator–we know more, or at least differently, than he does. And the story would not exist without the omissions and additions of his POV.

]]> By: Gretchen http://elizabethstark.com/2008/12/08/what-no-one-tell-you-about-point-of-view-part-three-examples/comment-page-1/#comment-178 Gretchen Tue, 09 Dec 2008 04:32:53 +0000 http://elizabethstark.com/?p=447#comment-178 Yes, very interesting. The book that jumped out as another great example of POV as plot is "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon. Yes, very interesting. The book that jumped out as another great example of POV as plot is “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” by Mark Haddon.

]]> By: K. A. Cole http://elizabethstark.com/2008/12/08/what-no-one-tell-you-about-point-of-view-part-three-examples/comment-page-1/#comment-177 K. A. Cole Mon, 08 Dec 2008 18:08:35 +0000 http://elizabethstark.com/?p=447#comment-177 I really appreciate these recent posts on POV. This is something I've been struggling with in my WIP, to the point of self-created writer's block (well, isn't it always...? ;>). And now I'm thinking that to have a certain character left a mystery in the tale is a good thing. A very good thing, in fact. It had not occurred to me to use that to my advantage! [smacks head. Doh!] I'm from the Peninsula (and I used to work in Berkeley), now living up North near Oregon - so I also love reading your posts because, oddly, I feel as if I'm reading letters from home. You inspire me, thank you! Regards, Kimberely www.unbearablewriteness.blogspot.com I really appreciate these recent posts on POV. This is something I’ve been struggling with in my WIP, to the point of self-created writer’s block (well, isn’t it always…? ;>).

And now I’m thinking that to have a certain character left a mystery in the tale is a good thing. A very good thing, in fact. It had not occurred to me to use that to my advantage! [smacks head. Doh!]

I’m from the Peninsula (and I used to work in Berkeley), now living up North near Oregon – so I also love reading your posts because, oddly, I feel as if I’m reading letters from home.

You inspire me, thank you!

Regards,
Kimberely
http://www.unbearablewriteness.blogspot.com

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