[stylist] POV exercises

[Andi]

Thank you Bridgit, I will try it.  I don't usually have much success with
secont person so maybe I will play around with that just to see how it gos.
Also I forgot to tell you I am going to check out the authers you menchened.
Thanks for the sugjestions.

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Sent: Monday, April 23, 2012 3:07 PM
To: stylist at nfbnet.org
Subject: [stylist] POV exercises

Andi,

All you really need to do is just write in a POV you don't usually write in
and see how it goes. Sometimes different POV's can help define characters,
plot, direction and plain POV even if you decide to stick with another POV
once writing the finished draft.

We didn't do a lot of exercises in class, though we did do this from time to
time. We studied a lot of published material and analyzed and discussed it
and a majority of class was spent workshopping each other's manuscripts.

Just simply write something using a certain POV and person. There is really
no right or wrong here and is all up to you and what you want a story to
focus on. Changing up POV and person can also make a story fresh since it's
not in a common POV.

Sincerely,
Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter
Read my blog at:
http://blogs.livewellnebraska.com/author/bpollpeter/
 
"History is not what happened; history is what was written down."
The Expected One- Kathleen McGowan

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Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2012 14:58:39 -0400
From: "Andi" <adrianne.dempsey at gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [stylist] Irish novel, historical fiction and POV
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Jackie I am with you on this Follett thing.  I was forced to read pillars
for one of my western siv classes as it didn't sound interesting to me.  I
red the big book in two days  because I put it off so long.
It was so good to me and It made me read all his other work.  Bridgit I am
sorry you didn't like those books but all of his work is so different and
yet similar.  What didn't you like about the books, as that will determine
if you might like others of his work.  I love his character development and
the way he makes you understand all points of view.  It does not happen with
the pillars character William, I was defanatly not saddened by his outcome.
However in most all of his other books you get a since of each character
even the ones you don't like.  He mostly focuses on world war 2 but he
branches off even righting one non fiction about the rescue of IDS workers
imprisoned  in Iran, though this is not my favorite Follett book.  The
stories are all different from one another but the way he builds his
characters' is always the same except his early work which was not as good
in my opinion.  If it was something about the story itself I might suggest
reading another of his works but if it was his character development then
you will be disappointed with all of it.  As far as form I do need to play
around with different styles I am not diverse in this way.  I have really
only found success in two forms but would like to play around with more.  Do
you remember any exercises you did in the classes you took that encouraged
changing forms?

Andi


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