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WE 5.1: Third Person Limited

Writing Excuses

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How to Choose the Right Perspective for a Scene

Orson Scott Card said your scene should be from the perspective of whoever's in the most pain at the time. "I tend to try and pick the scene where we've got someone in the driver's seat," Taylor says. The reactions to what's happening are more important than the decision to make it happen, he adds."One of the bets that my perspective is soaked in blood."

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