Last time in this three-part series The Write Practice shared tips on the first person narrative. Next time we will discuss the omniscient voice. Today, is all about writing in the third-person.
It’s nearly Thanksgiving in the U.S. If you’re like me, every time you go on Facebook, someone is posting what they’re thankful for, the thirty days of thankfulness I believe it’s called. In the spirit of the season, today, I want to talk about one thing I’m very thankful for: writing.
My mother kept saying to me, “You should be chasing mice for a living. You are not a writer. You are a mouser.”
My biggest problem was I believed what my mother said. I didn’t believe in myself.
After reading Mr. Goins book, You Are A Writer, I realized the only way to be a writer, was to act like one.
I’m at a turning point with respect to my manuscript. It’s written and revised but, strangely, the male point of view (POV) is in the third person while the female POV is in the first-person. I did this to help me keep their voices distinct while I was writing, but now I’m thinking about changing it.
Why is it that when you love someone’s writing, you want to read every book they’ve ever written? Why is it that some readers will buy all of J.K. Rowling’s books, even if she’s writing in a completely different genre than the Harry Potter series? And for us writers, how can we go from “unknown writer” to “published author”?
It’s all about your writing voice.
