Tag: story

• Adventures in the 3rd Person – Method Writing

  Spill your guts. Let it all out. That’s what my first person characters usually do. They don’t hold back. They seem to think they are in therapy and the page is the confessor. Which I am all for. That’s why they are here. But in shifting to third person that might not be so good.…

  joegergen

  March 26, 2023

  art, life, writing

  1st person, 3rd person, book, first person, method acting, narration, narrator, novel, story, third person, writing

• Adventures in the 3rd Person – Shifting Perspective

  Oh, the places we will go. That was my big epiphany this morning in pondering the 3rd person narrative style vs. the 1st person narrative style. The ability to go places a first person narrator could not go, or at least could not go without a great deal of machination. I suspect my fascination on…

  joegergen

  February 18, 2023

  art, writing

  1st person, 3rd person, book, epiphany, narrative, novel, perspective, story, writing

• Adventures in the 3rd Person – The Plot Thickens

  The plot thickens or at least expands for the new 3rd person adventure. It even has a working title, if only for the sole purpose of making it easier to reference. “The Shoe Ghost” seems like a good name as any for a story about memory. In fact since I am a terrible typist and…

  joegergen

  February 11, 2023

  art, writing

  1st person, 3rd person, chemistry, narration, novel, story, third person, writing, writing community