Essential Guide to Writing a Novel

Episode 180 - The critical distance between the reader and the action.


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The reader is like a camera as the scene unfolds.  Where should that camera be?  How far away from the characters and the action?  Here are thoughts on authorial distance, about the benefits of placing the camera--the reader--near or far.  Plus, how Charlotte Bronte worked. 

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Essential Guide to Writing a NovelBy James Thayer

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