tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1695280310697378421.post7876857391641405456..comments2024-03-25T02:15:02.505-07:00Comments on Nancy's Blog: Rulesadminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11442349453021015062noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1695280310697378421.post-80794982867597855972008-03-13T12:00:00.000-07:002008-03-13T12:00:00.000-07:00I have nothing useful to contribute to your dilemm...I have nothing useful to contribute to your dilemma, but your post reminded me of a novel I read by you where you used multiple first person points of view which I enjoyed very much. I believe it was <I>Maximum Light,</I> and I remember thinking it was very deftly handled. So . . . um . . . if anybody can pull it of, I guess you can. ;)Lisa Iriartehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12746425619147737744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1695280310697378421.post-14164478818780173382008-02-28T10:31:00.000-08:002008-02-28T10:31:00.000-08:00To follow up on Arun's comment, I too recently rea...To follow up on Arun's comment, I too recently read "The Guide" by R.K. Narayan and was struck by how well he used that technique. Well worth studying (or stealing). Narayan is a wonderful writer.marcinkohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09477205678770292240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1695280310697378421.post-12668512510485499602008-02-21T08:29:00.000-08:002008-02-21T08:29:00.000-08:00Mike-- I know what you mean about the "What x did ...<I>Mike-- I know what you mean about the "What x did not know...." contrivances. I don't like them, either.</I><BR/><BR/>If the necessary 3rd person information is simply plopped into the middle of a 1st person narration, that can also be jarring. There is also the "As I learned later..." contrivance, which is a little less jarring. <BR/><BR/>Another possibility is to let the First Person proceed in blissful ignorance of these other events and learn of them only in due course. The difficulty is that the First Person is, in the conceptual story space, telling us this narrative at a later time, so sh presumably =already knows= the Third Person information. <BR/><BR/>You could be Shakespearian. Have someone rush on stage and tell the First Person about events taking place off-stage. <BR/><BR/><I>Does Margie know what kinds of things you write as hypothetical examples?! :)</I><BR/><BR/>What hypothetical? The equipment was installed yesterday, and today I was on the treadmill for mumble minutes. The pounds melted off, leaving me with a svelte, buff body. (Actually, going by mass, two or three svelte, buff bodies.)TheOFloinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14756711106266484327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1695280310697378421.post-1555514747305881162008-02-20T10:34:00.000-08:002008-02-20T10:34:00.000-08:00Mike-- I know what you mean about the "What x did...Mike-- I know what you mean about the "What x did not know...." contrivances. I don't like them, either.<BR/><BR/>Does Margie know what kinds of things you write as hypothetical examples?! :)Nancy Kresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09834410304227906387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1695280310697378421.post-15304069442205622052008-02-20T10:14:00.000-08:002008-02-20T10:14:00.000-08:00I've also seen 3rd person segments in 1st person n...I've also seen 3rd person segments in 1st person narratives in the mystery field. These have sometimes struck me as contrivances to get information to the reader that 1st Person could not know. <BR/><BR/>But what Mike Flynn did not know when he wrote this was that others were proceeding against him. The technicians had come to install the torture equipment in the basement. A treadmill, an elliptical, a recumbent bike... Margie chuckled in glee and rubbed her hands over his forthcoming agonies.TheOFloinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14756711106266484327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1695280310697378421.post-53637971259460866992008-02-20T08:58:00.000-08:002008-02-20T08:58:00.000-08:00I recently read R.K. Narayan's The Guide, which sw...I recently read R.K. Narayan's The Guide, which switches between 3rd person POV and 1st person POV. The reason for this narrative was that the main character was trying to tell the story of his life up to the point in the book where he is at, and progress the story that is currently happenning as well.<BR/><BR/>-A.Arunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16455697750013760724noreply@blogger.com