tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143440998478479157.post1303343347414734957..comments2024-03-18T08:03:59.129-07:00Comments on Approaching Pavonis Mons by balloon: Asimovs - June 2015Al Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01517967406876572177noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143440998478479157.post-3157660623353595692018-10-24T14:10:08.361-07:002018-10-24T14:10:08.361-07:00Krasnikov Tubes rule!Krasnikov Tubes rule!Son of Ya'Kovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05645132954231868592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143440998478479157.post-37288608487793726932015-10-25T02:55:39.409-07:002015-10-25T02:55:39.409-07:00Thank you for taking the time to reply. Food for t...Thank you for taking the time to reply. Food for thought, and quite meta. I always considered these things as an artifice or contract between the reader and the writer, but I see I shall have to go away and think about it a bit more. It certainly give one pause for thought about how to tell a story and perhaps finding new ways to tell stories. Have to let that rattle around the old noggin. Again thank you. Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13666947574653683678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143440998478479157.post-23085177395305537632015-10-24T16:04:42.198-07:002015-10-24T16:04:42.198-07:00Hi Ashley - what I was fumbling towards is an idea...Hi Ashley - what I was fumbling towards is an idea that the choice of narrative viewpoint isn't always as deeply thought through as it should be. For instance, suppose I was about to write a space battle story and I started it in third person, but then decided it wasn't working as well as it should, and went back to the start and shifted to first person, perhaps because I felt I could do a convincing version of the "voice" of a battle-hardened veteran. But what are we actually reading at that point? A first person account is generally something told or related, unless the viewpoint character is merely going over old events in their head, for whatever reason. But that begs the question - who is the listener? A friend, a sympathetic ear, a doubter, someone to be duped or conned? What's the purpose of the telling - to beg forgiveness? To show off, or set a story straight? There can be any number of answers, and a story isn't obliged to supply any of them, but reading these pieces has got me thinking about all the things we *might* consider when thinking about viewpoint.Al Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01517967406876572177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143440998478479157.post-62785727028503937202015-10-24T04:37:34.607-07:002015-10-24T04:37:34.607-07:00"I'm as guilty as anyone of making unexam..."I'm as guilty as anyone of making unexamined viewpoint choices in my fiction, but it's definitely something that preoccupies me more as I get older, and I can't help wondering how often these decisions aren't underpinned by any deeper considerations of form and intent, but are rather made on the spur of the moment, simply because a story feels like it'll work better one way than the other."<br /><br />What you said above rather piqued my interest and I would definitely like to see you unpack the statement a bit more about form and intent.<br /><br />Thank you for another interesting read. Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13666947574653683678noreply@blogger.com