Writing!, January 1st, 2002
the first problem storytellers face is, "Who should tell the story?" Here's one possibility:
One day a little girl crossed the woods to bring a basket of goodies to her ailing grandmother....
Or, storytellers can imagine they are one of the characters:
As I set off through the woods, I hoped that Grandma was feeling better today....
The first method uses a third-person narrator (he, she, or it). The second employs a first-person narrator (I).
When writers choose a third-person narrator to tell the story, they still face decisions about point of view: For example, should the action...
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