Who Said That? (First, Second Or Third Person)

Written by Jeff Colburn


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With first person you must be very careful to stay in each characters head, and know only what they know. This can be expanded if you jump from one person to another. However, you must be sure thatrepparttar readers knows whose head you're in. It's easy to confuserepparttar 129733 reader, and just a little too much of this will have your reader lost, frustrated and putting your book onrepparttar 129734 shelf forever.

Third person isrepparttar 129735 easiest to use; at least that's what many writers, including myself, think. Third person allows you to know everything. That's why it's also calledrepparttar 129736 omniscient view. You are like a god, and know everything that everyone inrepparttar 129737 story knows, plus everything going on in their universe. If you wantrepparttar 129738 reader to know that Jim is inrepparttar 129739 garden with a gun, you can just say so. You don't need Jim to shoot, or have someone else see Jim. It allows you to paint your story with a much broader brush.

A good writer can, with a lot of work, combine these different views, but it must be done just right and for a reason. I suggest staying with one view throughout a story, just to make things easier on you, andrepparttar 129740 reader.

Find out what voice you like to write in. Do what I did above. Write two or three pages of a story in each person, and see which you enjoyrepparttar 129741 most, and which sounds most natural to you. Which person you choose may even vary from story to story.

So go out and write. Whatever person you choose to write in is up to you, just be sure to write.



Jeff Colburn is a freelance business writer. He can be reached at his site, The Creative Cauldron (www.CreativeCauldron.com), or at JeffColburn@CreativeCauldron.com


How To Write Words That Magnify Your Headlines

Written by Patrick Hale (Pat @Maxaid)


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The discovery of his body must have been a surprise andrepparttar case probably on hold for three years would be re-opened to determinerepparttar 129731 cause of death.

Why ? Because ifrepparttar 129732 cause of death had been known, you can bet it would have maderepparttar 129733 "Headlines"

Choose your words in such a way that one word will reveal a sentence worth of information. Try it, play with different, but relative words until you come up with a winner for each individual word.

Now construct each of your ads headlines with these "concentrated" words. Your increased bank account will pay you forrepparttar 129734 time spent here :-)

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