tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-961332566292942537.post7473351968942465464..comments2023-10-18T11:09:33.607-04:00Comments on Jo Michaels Blog: Bass AckwardJo Michaelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02005237887461809640noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-961332566292942537.post-12433226323069836332012-10-02T14:04:53.199-04:002012-10-02T14:04:53.199-04:00Hiya, Jeff! Welcome to the blog! I think if one us...Hiya, Jeff! Welcome to the blog! I think if one uses realise, one is allowed to be backwards as well. :)<br /><br />3rd Omniscient is difficult to pull off because we tend to want to identify with one character or another and tend to focus on the part rather than the whole. Many books come off like the writer is attempting omniscient but they're really using limited with the occasional head hop. I classify a head hop as something that happens with no forewarning, reasonable length, randomness, and/or in the middle of a paragraph where I'm looking through this character's eyes over here and she's telling me what that guy over there is feeling. She can't possibly know.<br /><br />It's so tempting as a writer (I know because I do it and get blasted by my editor allll the time) to want to tell the story from everyone's POV. But that takes serious skill that not many writers possess.<br /><br />Thanks for the comment, I do hope this addition helps clarify my definition above.Jo Michaelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02005237887461809640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-961332566292942537.post-66477602144032465832012-10-02T13:39:38.590-04:002012-10-02T13:39:38.590-04:00I battle with toward versus towards and backward v...I battle with toward versus towards and backward versus backwards all the time. Grammar Girl says both are "correct" but as with your examples above, convention tends to vary based on geography. I'm not sure how consistent I am though. (Backward used as an adjective appears to be the exception.)<br /><br />Regarding POV, how prevalent must the head-hopping be before it's simply considered 3rd omniscient instead of violating 3rd limited? (I'm still seeing 3rd omniscient even in books published this year.)Jeff Hargetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14198367021884647821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-961332566292942537.post-8639310633627579072012-10-02T13:31:33.958-04:002012-10-02T13:31:33.958-04:00Never ever will I stop! :) Thanks for the blog luv...Never ever will I stop! :) Thanks for the blog luv, Sandi!Jo Michaelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02005237887461809640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-961332566292942537.post-84128205111138791692012-10-02T10:43:45.541-04:002012-10-02T10:43:45.541-04:00Love these posts! Don't stop!Love these posts! Don't stop!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com