Mysteries are best in the first or third omniscient voice? - CrimeSpace2024-03-29T11:21:47Zhttps://crimespace.ning.com/forum/topics/mysteries-are-best-in-the?commentId=537324%3AComment%3A242466&feed=yes&xn_auth=noThis comes strictly from bein…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2010-07-24:537324:Comment:2434512010-07-24T22:12:34.125ZStacyhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/StacyDeanne
This comes strictly from being extremely bias. THIRD. I say that only because of my hate for first person, LOL.<br />
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Seriously it depends on the story and what the author feels is best but I avoid first person as a rule. I've never enjoyed a first person book I've read except maybe two of the classics and one modern day book in first.<br />
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I love third person because you can see so many different scenes and things going on at once. I also find that most first person novels focuses on some arrogant,…
This comes strictly from being extremely bias. THIRD. I say that only because of my hate for first person, LOL.<br />
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Seriously it depends on the story and what the author feels is best but I avoid first person as a rule. I've never enjoyed a first person book I've read except maybe two of the classics and one modern day book in first.<br />
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I love third person because you can see so many different scenes and things going on at once. I also find that most first person novels focuses on some arrogant, know-it-all MC I can't stand and therefore won't wanna go through the entire book looking through their eyes.<br />
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With third I have options, LOL.<br />
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Best Wishes!<br />
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<a href="http://www.stacy-deanne.net" target="_blank">http://www.stacy-deanne.net</a> Hey, I thought you may want t…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2010-07-21:537324:Comment:2428502010-07-21T20:02:39.051ZBenoit AKoahttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/BenoitAKoa
Hey, I thought you may want to know. My bad. Have a nice day.
Hey, I thought you may want to know. My bad. Have a nice day. So what's your motivation for…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2010-07-21:537324:Comment:2428422010-07-21T19:33:24.849ZJon Loomishttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JonLoomis
So what's your motivation for posting them here, again? And no, my agent and editor aren't feeding me wrong information.
So what's your motivation for posting them here, again? And no, my agent and editor aren't feeding me wrong information. Thats a good onetag:crimespace.ning.com,2010-07-21:537324:Comment:2428362010-07-21T18:40:39.959ZBenoit AKoahttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/BenoitAKoa
Thats a good one
Thats a good one I think the technical term is…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2010-07-21:537324:Comment:2428352010-07-21T18:39:11.150ZJackBludishttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JackBludis
I think the technical term is "the frame." You frame the story from a future reference point. The narrator tells the story and at the end the writer either closes the frame from the narrators point of view, or just ends the story in the past.
I think the technical term is "the frame." You frame the story from a future reference point. The narrator tells the story and at the end the writer either closes the frame from the narrators point of view, or just ends the story in the past. If you self publish I recomme…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2010-07-21:537324:Comment:2428342010-07-21T18:38:36.964ZBenoit AKoahttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/BenoitAKoa
If you self publish I recommend creating your own publishing entity and going streight to Lightning Source, It is cheaper and your books will be available to everyone just like the big houses. Just do not create a publishing compnay with your own name
If you self publish I recommend creating your own publishing entity and going streight to Lightning Source, It is cheaper and your books will be available to everyone just like the big houses. Just do not create a publishing compnay with your own name Dude, Jon, relax. Those are B…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2010-07-21:537324:Comment:2428332010-07-21T18:33:33.081ZBenoit AKoahttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/BenoitAKoa
Dude, Jon, relax. Those are Baker & Taylor's numbers. Thats just what they are, numbers. I am not bashing you and dont feel you have to show big numbers either. I pay the fee and I can do what I want with the information I paid for. The numbers are reflective from any order ever placed through Baker & Taylor, Public libraries etc, they may be lagging from the last quarter but I've been using them for my own books for a while now and seen that they are very accurate. Not sure if your…
Dude, Jon, relax. Those are Baker & Taylor's numbers. Thats just what they are, numbers. I am not bashing you and dont feel you have to show big numbers either. I pay the fee and I can do what I want with the information I paid for. The numbers are reflective from any order ever placed through Baker & Taylor, Public libraries etc, they may be lagging from the last quarter but I've been using them for my own books for a while now and seen that they are very accurate. Not sure if your agent or publisher is feeding you wrong info. Haven't we changed the subjec…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2010-07-21:537324:Comment:2428322010-07-21T18:27:46.630ZJackBludishttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JackBludis
Haven't we changed the subject from point of view to sales?
Haven't we changed the subject from point of view to sales? Just to put a stick on the bo…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2010-07-21:537324:Comment:2428302010-07-21T18:26:48.917ZminervaKhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/minervakoenig
Just to put a stick on the bonfire, here -- first person can be omniscient when the narrator makes clear that s/he is relating the story from a later POV, i.e., "When I look back on it now..." Versus real-time first person, which a lot of the P.I. stories are told in, where the narrator appears to be going thru the story in real time and has no benefit of hindsight. What would be the technical term for that difference, I wonder?
Just to put a stick on the bonfire, here -- first person can be omniscient when the narrator makes clear that s/he is relating the story from a later POV, i.e., "When I look back on it now..." Versus real-time first person, which a lot of the P.I. stories are told in, where the narrator appears to be going thru the story in real time and has no benefit of hindsight. What would be the technical term for that difference, I wonder? Yes. I hate it. That's why I'…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2010-07-21:537324:Comment:2428262010-07-21T18:01:26.419ZI. J. Parkerhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/Ingpark
Yes. I hate it. That's why I'm very, very motivated to do some self-publishing.
Yes. I hate it. That's why I'm very, very motivated to do some self-publishing.