More Insights In Writing From a 1st Person Perspective...
For just about all writers, the choice of voice or perspective to use is always a challenge. Although many write in the third person voice, there are two options. Do you do 'limited' where we only know what's going through one characters mind, or do you use the 'omniscient' version where the readers get to know what's going through everyone's mind at the same time, even if the characters are not sharing all their thoughts with each other. I did the 'limited' third person point of view in my first two novels. However I kept changing who's head we were inside with each chapter, giving a nice build up and differing points of view. So in the new novel I'm working on "The Vampyre Blogs - Coming Home" I wanted to try 1st person perspective, but still do multiple points of view. So, with my wife's advice, I chose the same method Bram Stoker used to write "Dracula". He did 1st person from many different points of...