perspective
Tue, 2003-08-05 18:11
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perspective
I am planning a novel at the moment, but I am unsure on what perspective to use. It focuses on one particularly boy, but I'd like to use 1st person through a variety of characters (his family and so on), they would be like journal entries in a sense. I think it will work well because of the kind of story it is, but do you think publishers will be against this style?
stephen_d
No idea, wish i could help.
david floyd
Don't think publisher's would object. Melvyn Burgess does that and Milan Kundera so you're in reasonable company.
sheepshank
There's a lovely book by Russell Hoban -- Turtle Diary -- which is written like that.
Becky
Personally, I think it would work, and even if it's fairly unique it would make that particular novel what it is. Therefore, just go for it!
Pete
It was a while ago but Dracula is pretty good, all journal entries and letters.