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Position:Home>Books & Authors> Using third person in novelQuestion: Using third person in novel I'm working on my first book and there are numerous characters!. There are four main characters and a few supportive characters!. I want to know if it's cliche to use third person a lot!. I find myself writing she every time I start a sentence!. It seems repetitive!. Www@QuestionHome@Com
Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: I think third person pov is the only way of treating this type of work, whether its omniscient or not!. What's happening is you're becoming self-critical which is a sure sign you're becoming a REAL author!. Writers who blithely carry on, whether or not, are the ones who fail!. I think you might be best studying a few novels that are in a similar vein, especially by some author you respect!. See how THEY get over the problem!. Talking over YA isn't really the correct medium to find how to get over your problem - you need WORKING examples, not made up ones!. Anthony James Barnett - authorWww@QuestionHome@Com Third person is pretty much the standard today!. Which means common, accepted, expected, but not cliche!. There are three kinds of Point of View you can use!. First Person (using "I"), Third Person Limited (Using "she" but you choose one character at a time or for the whole novel and show only their knowledge, just in third person), and Third Person Omniscient (using "she" and using an all-knowing narrator who knows every character's thoughts)!. There's also such a thing as Second Person (using "you"), but that's generally not used for novels!. Your problem isn't that third person makes "she" appear too much!. You just need to think of more creative and varying ways to structure your sentences!. Instead of saying "She gasped and ran to his side," you could say "Gasping, she ran to his side!." It's not the most dramatic example, but still, a slight change can make all the difference!. Good Luck! ^__^Www@QuestionHome@Com 'third person a lot' that's a pov type!. if you use it, you have to stay consistent with it throughout the whole novel!. reading sentence after sentecne that starts with 'she' will get headachey!. reword your statement: "she tripped over a book while she walked down the isle" "walking down the isle, she tripped over a book!." Www@QuestionHome@Com whenever i write i almost ALWAYS use third-person, it makes it easier to write and u can get all of ur characters view in b very careful about using she/he a lot it gets rather boring instead of "she looked in the mirror!." u could say something like "after she brushed her hair she looked in the mirror" or something to that effect mix it up a littleWww@QuestionHome@Com In this case, you can use Omniscient POV!. That basically means you are God to your novel, knowing what everybody is thinking, doing etc!. This is a good idea to use in a book with a lot of characters so that you can access all of the charactersWww@QuestionHome@Com |