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rolanni"First person" narratives are sometimes called "I stories." This is because the story is told solely from the point of view of a single character, who refers to herhisoritself as "I."
A story told in "rotating first person" means that there are several characters involved in a work, each pursuing hisherorits own story, and each referring to themselves as "I."
"Third person" narratives are sometimes called "omniscient." This is because the narrator is someone other than the characters, who is nonetheless completely informed about the characters' world(s), past lives, current actions and present thoughts. Some people make the mistake of thinking that the omniscient narrative voice is the "actual" voice of the author of the book.
A subset of the third person viewpoint is "tight third" in which the all-knowing narrator chooses to stick with the perceptions/history/actions/thoughts of one character. It is easily distinguishable from a "first person" narrative in that the focal character is referred to by herhisorits name, rather than "I."
That is all.
A story told in "rotating first person" means that there are several characters involved in a work, each pursuing hisherorits own story, and each referring to themselves as "I."
"Third person" narratives are sometimes called "omniscient." This is because the narrator is someone other than the characters, who is nonetheless completely informed about the characters' world(s), past lives, current actions and present thoughts. Some people make the mistake of thinking that the omniscient narrative voice is the "actual" voice of the author of the book.
A subset of the third person viewpoint is "tight third" in which the all-knowing narrator chooses to stick with the perceptions/history/actions/thoughts of one character. It is easily distinguishable from a "first person" narrative in that the focal character is referred to by herhisorits name, rather than "I."
That is all.
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Date: 2004-08-11 03:13 pm (UTC)Might one ask why you posted this and whether it had anything to do with your grumpiness?
One is in receipt of the information that Plan B is written in rotating first. Had the assertion come from a reader, one might be somewhat less frustrated; one does not demand technical expertise from one's readers. However, this "fact" was asserted in a review of the work, and one does hold reviewers to a Higher Standard. Silly, but there it is.