Speaking of that, I haven’t really talked much about viewpoint in these annotations. You may or may not have noticed that I’m a big fan of strictly-limited third-person viewpoints. Third person past tense has pretty much become the industry standard during the last fifteen years (before that time, you saw a lot more omniscient—look at DUNE, and to a lesser extent, ENDER’S GAME.) You almost never see it these days, though, and I personally think that’s a good thing. Omniscient is a little better for plotting in some places, but limited is far better for characterization.
Any time you read one of my books, you should remember that I’m almost always in strict limited. Whatever you read in the text, it is something that a character feels or has observed.
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