Comments on: Creating Fictional Characters—Part 3: Revealing Characters and Point of View

By: Creating Fictional Characters—Part 8: Developing Characters throughout Your Story : Lillie Ammann, Writer & Editor

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 07:47:19 +0000

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By: Lillie

Lillie — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:55:16 +0000

Dawn,

I have a problem with head-hopping, too. It’s something I work on.

Glad you’re finding the series helpful.

By: Lillie

Lillie — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:53:40 +0000

Sriraj,

There are certain genres that the technique you mention can work very well, especially any kind of suspense. I like books where you don’t know whether someone is a good guy or a bad guy, and you’re kept guessing for a big part of the book.

By: Lillie

Lillie — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:52:20 +0000

Yuuko,

I’m glad this is helpful to you. Good luck with the script you are writing.

By: Dawn Colclasure

Dawn Colclasure — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:42:11 +0000

Head-hopping is definitely one fault I have when using third person multiple limited POV. I always have to go back and look out for that mistake, or sometimes I’ll catch it as I am writing.

I just can’t read a story with second person POV. It’s very annoying, actually. Once I read one novel with this POV, and I kept replacing the “you” with “I.”

I enjoyed reading all 3 blog posts related to characterization. Great advice! Looking forward to the next installment.
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