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elftwink · 7 months

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my nano project this year is in third person omniscient as opposed to my usual third person limited omniscient which, while i did suspect would be an adjustment, has revealed a lot of unexpected problems i have never needed to solve before. do you have any idea how many things i solve in a scene by going "well [pov character] just doesnt have to think about that"???

for example i was tired of giving characters names while writing so thought i was so clever to just have a character forget the name of the person he's speaking to so i didnt have to give her a name but JOKES ON ME two paragraphs later was an excellent time to get some insight into her thoughts so i could also get in some exposition so i have to give her a name after all. i didnt do it i put [switch character pov?] and skipped ahead a scene but now it's time. back to fantasynamegenerators.com i go

#good idea generator #i think i want a stronger narrator so i don't get as caught up with the characters #but then i have to make major decisions about like. tone and theme and shit and i'm not there yet. ok #we're spitballing. we're flying by the seat of our pants. there's 15 different ideas for the overall plot going around #but also i havent written anything (i think) with a narrator that is distinct from the characters in the story #like i do think my narrative voice is pretty strong but it's usually like. a character in the story's pov #(tangent. was going through old docs recently and idk what it was but EVERY fic with a taako pov was fucking killer.#bangers every single one oh my god i was SO funny. i should post some of those but none are finished LMAO tangent over)#anyway while i do enjoy a strong pov character narrative voice i also think it would be fun to have the narrator be their own character #bc i havent done it before and it could be fun! but like i said. then i have to decide so many things so fast #i actually probably dont. but i would want to

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