Thursday, November 12, 2009
Yuck! I don't like this one bit!!!
I'm reading a romance right now...one book with three shorter pieces in it. The first is interesting and it has held my interest so far...but it is written in third person omniscient. Wow I do not like it!! I don't know if I can even pinpoint why. It just seems very bizarre to read all the character's thoughts and feelings rather than just one character's. Have you ever read a book like this...what did you think???? Seems like this would be tough to write too.
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This is tough. I've read one and loved it and have even decided to make my first novel in third due to how many characters I have. I tested it out on a sample chapter and it goes great, I wa shocked myself.
ReplyDeleteStill, it's not for everyone. I like first the most, personally.
I like writing in third limited, but third omniscent is way different.
ReplyDeleteI would say that J.D Robb's books are like that, or she is just head-hoping all over the place. I was thrown when I started her In Death series, but now I LOVE them. I don't think I'll ever try to write like that because I'm afraid it'll only be headhopping when I do it-lol.
ReplyDeleteTo me, omniscient is "old school" - think Dickens (or crack open a Dickens tome) and there you are. Before I started writing seriously, reading 3rd omniscient didn't faze me, but now... I can really see how we don't attach to any character when we get all their thoughts at once. Kinda like being an impartial judge in a courtroom and hearing all sides of the story but not relating to anyone's feelings.
ReplyDeleteYes! Every other paragraph is in someone else's head and I just don't care to know what everyone is thinking. I care about the heroinne (the mc) and the hero....that's it.
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