Here i will share my journey of hopefully one day recognising my dream of becoming published writing what i love to read; Romance!
Showing posts with label point of view. Show all posts
Showing posts with label point of view. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Points of View

Which character do you find the easiest to write?
Is it from the perspective of the leading lady, or the hero?

It occurred to me this morning, that i seem to find the hero's perspective easier to write from.
Could it be because their feelings and conflicts, aren't simple, but less complicated than a woman's?

Or it could be, i'm remembering a conversation i had with a friend and fellow writer, that we know, as women, what we want in our ideal hero, and it's easier to write him based on that? Throwing him roadblocks and watching how he deals with them, in the way we would want our ideal hero to cope and overcome any obstacles.

I've also found it easier, when first constructing my character's conflicts, to construct the hero.
The female always ends up being too complicated or her conflict unclear and murky.
I hadn't even figured out what Billie's true conflict was until i'd completed the first draft! And that was even after character interviews and countless pages on figuring out personality and background.

So, whose point of view do you find it easier to write from?

Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Punctuation - a question?!

A friend and i have been having a friendly debate about correct usage of punctuation.
Where to place the full stop in the quotation marks to be specific. She found an interesting article.

Check out this link :http://www.nzwriterscollege.co.nz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=244&Itemid=34

What do you think?
Personally, i use the US English way as this is what i was taught it look right and feels natural. I'm currently editing my friend's work and she is using the British way, so it is interesting trying to curb my inclination to change it!!