The Writ Wit

Episode 81 - Third-Person Limited (Bob Walked Into the House)

05.06.2020 - By Matthew Donald and Matthew DavidPlay

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In this episode, the two Matts discuss the woes of social distancing for such obvious extraverts and social butterflies like writers, mention a key difference between golfers and skydivers, mention big fancy studios we now have access to that we can't use thanks to this danged virus, and talk about third-person limited perspective and how to write it. What defines third-person limited versus the other third-person perspective? How does it help the narrative? What limitations does it have (I mean, it is third-person LIMITED, after all)? When will Matt David have more than violin practice to mention for his part of "What We at the Writ Wit Have Writ?" We discuss it all, hoping to turn people's frowns upside-down, and talk about Harry Potter, Eragon, the Dinoverse books, and mistakenly Hunger Games, which actually isn't third-person limited, or is it? Eh, who can be bothered to check. Have any feedback or questions for our hosts? Email us at [email protected]. Also you can purchase Matt Donald's book "Megazoic" on Amazon by clicking here, its sequel "Megazoic: The Primeval Power" by clicking here, its third installment "Megazoic: The Hunted Ones" by clicking here, or its final installment "Megazoic: An Era's End" by clicking here. If you'd like, of course.

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