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Potential opening to a novel?
I have this narrator complex. I’m always reading people and writing (in my head) what happens next. I know the characters well, I know the plot well.
I resist being pulled into the story.
Today I learn that the narrator can be a character in the story. So I’m trying to figure out who this narrator-as-character person is, and how she fits in with the other characters. How much can she interact with them, whilst knowing all she knows about them and their fates and the unsaid narratorial connections between them?
Hey Catherine!
ReplyDeleteI once read an article about how Barack Obama might view the world through the lens of an author, and I unfortunately cannot find the article now but your post reminded me a lot of that reference. I think it's pretty admirable that you can remove yourself from situations and take in the details. I'm on the other side of the spectrum! I often feel too much like a character rather than an author. Great stuff! (P.S. I might be about to make like 100 comments on your blog--apologies in advance).