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How to Turn a Good Book into a Great One
by, Jill Swenson
September 15, 2015

The July publication of Go Set a Watchman revealed Harper Lee changed point of view when she rewrote it as To Kill a Mockingbird. The new book is an unedited version and shows Harper Lee sloppily slip-sliding between first-person and third. The difference between a story narrated by Jean Louise Finch, a 26-year-old daughter, about her disillusionment in Atticus and small town bigotry, and the… [Read More]

Filed Under: Harper Lee, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Pioneer Girl, Rose Wilder Lane, third-person limited, third-person objective, third-person omniscient, To Kill a Mockingbird
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Spilling Ink on POV
by, Jill Swenson
February 21, 2014

POV. Point of View. When you begin to write, you must decide who will tell the story. You will, of course. Duh. You are the narrator if you are the writer. But who are you? Are you the heroic character? The omniscient voice of God? The fly on the wall? Journalist reporting from the scene? How do you find the right narrator’s voice? One of… [Read More]

Filed Under: Anne Mazer, Ellen Potter, first-person, POV, second-person, Spilling Ink, third-person limited, third-person objective, third-person omniscient
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