These terms we use – first person, second person (please don’t use second person), third person limited, third person omniscient – are an easy shorthand to describe how we are choosing to approach narration in a given piece. The more I work with different approaches to viewpoint and storytelling, though, the more important I think it is that the description come after the choice of viewpoint.
The Dictionary of Body Language Review
The Dictionary of Body Language will go onto the list of the most broadly useful and applicable books I’ve read, alongside books like Human Dimension and Interior Space.
Showing the Word Budget
I think of word limits as budgets. I have some number of words with which to tell my story, and I cannot spend more than that number.
