Writing Magazine

WHO’S TELLING?

Whose story are you telling – and how will you tell it?

As a writer of fiction, and perhaps of creative non-fiction too, some of the most important (and maybe the hardest) choices you’ll ever need to make will be those relating to appropriate narrative viewpoint(s).

You’ve decided whose story you want to tell.

But how are you going to tell it?

Whose hand(s) will you hope your readers will hold as you take them on their sometimes arduous, dangerous or even horrifying journey through your story?

Whose speaking voice(s) might be the most appealing?

You have plenty of options.

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