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    What's Your Point (of View)?

    Posted 07-15-2008 at 12:34 PM by Cogito
    Updated 12-24-2009 at 04:04 PM by Cogito

    At any given moment in fiction, the story is being told from some point of view. In literary terms, that point of view is described in terms of narrative person: first person is told as if the narrator is the same as the character currently in the spotlight, third person is told as if the narrator is observing the currently active character. I’m referring to the character in this way instead of main character, because in a particular scene or passage, the character in focus may not be a main character...
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    Show and Tell

    Posted 06-02-2009 at 09:17 PM by Cogito
    Updated 06-02-2009 at 09:19 PM by Cogito

    Spend any time around writers, and you will surely hear the sage but cryptic advice, "Show, don't tell." But what the heck does it mean, and why do people keep saying it? Is it a hard and fast rule, or are there times you should and should not follow it?

    First off, what is it? Here's a simple example:
    Quote:
    Telling: Gwen was embarassed.

    Showing: Gwen blushed and looked down at her hands.
    In both cases, we know Gwen was embarassed. The first version comes...
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    He said, she said - Mechanics of Dialogue

    Posted 01-02-2008 at 01:42 PM by Cogito
    Updated 04-26-2010 at 06:18 PM by Cogito (discussed beats. Other minor changes)

    Dialogue is a prominent component in fiction, but is probably one of the least understood, at least in terms of punctuation. Before I dive into this though, I will offer this disclaimer:

    The discussion below follows the standards established for US English. In the UK, the roles of the single quote and double quote are often reversed, although the US English convention is still widely offered as the preferred form. Other systems exist as well; a largely obsolete French convention...
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