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Well, I guess its a mystery. This is what I did for NaNoWriMo, which I am still working on to finish the story. This is my little Synopsis I posted at the NaNo site.
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When three small coffins slide out from the bank of the Wiscoy Creek during a dredging operation, it was the last thing Dave Robertson of the Lamont Weekly Times expected to be reporting on. He had been sent out to cover clean up efforts after the latest storm, but even he could see―this was not some long forgotten family plot. Pinned to the tattered clothing hanging off the skeletons were pieces of old Wiscoy Dairy milk cartons, each displaying a photo of a missing child. Dave had never stumbled upon a story this big in their rural area where there were more cows than people. Readying his camera, before the county sheriffs arrived to stop him, he zoomed in on the remains to discover a familiar face from his childhood. It looked just like Sally, one of the many foster children his parents had cared for over the years―one his father said had been "placed elsewhere". Is this really what he had meant?
A lot of children went through his parents house since 1985―his father handling all the details. Did that mean they should expect to find more bodies? How could he report on the biggest story of his career knowing his father could be a murderer?
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Now I hope you will please bear with me as I normally write non-fiction. All I read for pleasure is mystery/suspense/thriller which is why I chose it for my NaNo novel. I have a few questions. No mater how many time I read what third person is, an what first person is I'm still a bit confused.
My MC Dave Robertson has a few issues. Fear of attics, discusses things in his head with himself (remnants of an imaginary friend that he needed when he was a toddler), clues that point to his dad (which also really point to someone else but that's not more obvious till later), finding out he's adopted then wondering if he was really abducted, getting to really like the CSI, Pepper Black, who unfortunately is starting to look at Dave's dad as the killer despite Dave trying to keep ahead of her. Dave is a reporter. He is promised an exclusive if he keeps the detail about the milk carton pieces quiet. He thinks he was asked to work with Pepper to help, but Pepper is really keeping him close to get close to the dad. So I guess that would be character driven? It is only viewed through Dave -- what he hears, sees and does.
Dave is my POV throughout the story, except for a few chapters from the killers point of view (what he's doing while all this investigating is going on which he doesn't know the details of since hes not there) I don't say the killers name in those chapters.
Question:
If I say 'Dave' went to the store is that third person because 'I' went to the store would be first person? Actually I've avoided using the word "I", since the way I have the voice in Dave's head is "I" hope their not out of ice cream. (Obviously these are just my examples) I also italicize his head's voice.
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When three small coffins slide out from the bank of the Wiscoy Creek during a dredging operation, it was the last thing Dave Robertson of the Lamont Weekly Times expected to be reporting on. He had been sent out to cover clean up efforts after the latest storm, but even he could see―this was not some long forgotten family plot. Pinned to the tattered clothing hanging off the skeletons were pieces of old Wiscoy Dairy milk cartons, each displaying a photo of a missing child. Dave had never stumbled upon a story this big in their rural area where there were more cows than people. Readying his camera, before the county sheriffs arrived to stop him, he zoomed in on the remains to discover a familiar face from his childhood. It looked just like Sally, one of the many foster children his parents had cared for over the years―one his father said had been "placed elsewhere". Is this really what he had meant?
A lot of children went through his parents house since 1985―his father handling all the details. Did that mean they should expect to find more bodies? How could he report on the biggest story of his career knowing his father could be a murderer?
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Now I hope you will please bear with me as I normally write non-fiction. All I read for pleasure is mystery/suspense/thriller which is why I chose it for my NaNo novel. I have a few questions. No mater how many time I read what third person is, an what first person is I'm still a bit confused.
My MC Dave Robertson has a few issues. Fear of attics, discusses things in his head with himself (remnants of an imaginary friend that he needed when he was a toddler), clues that point to his dad (which also really point to someone else but that's not more obvious till later), finding out he's adopted then wondering if he was really abducted, getting to really like the CSI, Pepper Black, who unfortunately is starting to look at Dave's dad as the killer despite Dave trying to keep ahead of her. Dave is a reporter. He is promised an exclusive if he keeps the detail about the milk carton pieces quiet. He thinks he was asked to work with Pepper to help, but Pepper is really keeping him close to get close to the dad. So I guess that would be character driven? It is only viewed through Dave -- what he hears, sees and does.
Dave is my POV throughout the story, except for a few chapters from the killers point of view (what he's doing while all this investigating is going on which he doesn't know the details of since hes not there) I don't say the killers name in those chapters.
Question:
If I say 'Dave' went to the store is that third person because 'I' went to the store would be first person? Actually I've avoided using the word "I", since the way I have the voice in Dave's head is "I" hope their not out of ice cream. (Obviously these are just my examples) I also italicize his head's voice.
