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This is going to be a bit more brief than is typical for me, but I do have to get some sleep soon. So in brief, I have a question regarding POV.
Dorothy's recent story idea was written in first person. I discovered, however, that for the story to end as I want it to, I must write the story in third-person, omniscient narrator POV.
What I thought of doing was this: I'd use the main character's diary as a framing device. Those would be written in first person, while the narration in-between would be "omniscient narrator." The diary would be in italics, separating it from the main story. Would that work?
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or, if you wrote it in past tense, you can use the first person reminiscent omnipotent. It is how most people tell stories vocally.
Kind of like this:
While I was trying to get into the little black dress, Dexter was at the flower shop getting me enough roses to choke a horse. Poor guy, tried to convince the florist to sell him a hundred dollar bouquet with a twenty dollar bill and a coupon for a free ice cream cone at Dairy queen.
Katie Leone (Katie-Leone.com)
Writing is what you do when you put pen to paper, being an author is what you do when you bring words to life
sounds cool hon
go for it. The lines were just to get your story brain working
No need for italics, which
No need for italics, which ought to be used sparingly.
Introduce the narrator at the very beginning. Write a few lines explaining the origin of the material that follows, and sign off. Add interjections [perhaps with square brackets] and a postscript as required.