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I'm glad you two agree with me! Dark Knight Send a noteboard - 24/02/2011 07:03:14 PM
I haven't ever seen that done. Even in third person POV, you are seeing the scene from a specifc person's eyes. If he wants to carry information from inside another person's head, he needs to "show, not tell." In your example, he'd say "In his excitement, Frank didn't even notice Susan's barely suppressed shudder of disgust."

It just feels lazy or something.


It does seem very lazy right? Plus sometimes it can be very confusing. I just don't like it and I've seen this several times before but I can't remember where...
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Third person narrative question Dark Knight - 23/02/2011 08:21:01 PM 1097 Views
Re: Third person narrative question Callia - 24/02/2011 04:14:34 AM 854 Views
So it is focalised through different points of view Camilla - 24/02/2011 09:34:34 AM 904 Views
Re: So it is focalised through different points of view Dark Knight - 24/02/2011 02:30:17 PM 888 Views
It's sloppy. I can't imagine that the result is good. Aeryn - 24/02/2011 05:47:27 PM 835 Views
Agreed. Rebekah - 24/02/2011 05:51:17 PM 787 Views
I'm glad you two agree with me! Dark Knight - 24/02/2011 07:03:14 PM 791 Views
Re: So it is focalised through different points of view Camilla - 28/02/2011 11:04:38 AM 954 Views
like anyhting else if it is done right it can be good random thoughts - 24/02/2011 07:18:15 PM 817 Views
Re: like anyhting else if it is done right it can be good Dark Knight - 24/02/2011 07:24:00 PM 733 Views
GGK Comet Sedai - 25/02/2011 01:38:02 AM 983 Views
parts of Dune are written in this style aldapelan - 25/02/2011 03:25:38 PM 826 Views
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