Ok can someone tell me what they think?
Third person, now i dont like writing in third person, but when i do I like to get into all the characters heads. Omniscient Third Person correct? Isnt that aloud and possible to do in a book without each of the characters getting there own chapter or whatever?
And another thing. Character discriptions. I was having a long conversation with my friends when we were talking about writing rules and such. One thing that keep getting brought up in my own writing but I honestly dont see what is wrong with it. Is character description. Like i said the other day one of my own huge turn offs in books is when the characters are vaugly discribed. this really bothers me because from the very beginning i like to have that clear picture of each character in my mind. That is why in my own writing i discribe my characters usually only in two or three sentences. For example:
Is that sooooooo against the rules? Really? I understand its a bit of telling, but is it really going to kill anyone? From what my one friend told me Harry Potter characters are described in a very similar way. I also know other books that do the same thing... So is it just a matter of personal opinion or is it just TOOO much telling?
I'm going to reply to this simply because I was recently talking about a similar issue at one of my crit groups.
Omni POV is extremely hard to write. The problem with it is that, unless you're a highly skilled writer (I'm not saying you're not one), it's difficult to get into a deep POV with any of the characters. I'm assuming you write YA? Then you probably want deep POV. The YA books being published as of late are more emotional/character driven rather than plot driven. It goes back to the simple fact that teens are emotional people. Therefore, teens want emotional books. And a deep POV allows you to develop that character and their emotional state to the fullest.
Basically, what I'm saying is that if you want a deep POV, avoid Omni POV. Unless you have years of experience and have mastered the craft of writing, and can pull off a kick-ass Omni.
As for the character description. Yes, I find something wrong with that. Well, it's not necessarily wrong, it's just tell-y and not very much in POV. Were it in POV, either:
a) the person describing the character would probably have more of an emotional reaction to the description
b) assuming the person being describing IS the MC, he wouldn't notice these details about himself
Either way, it needs a touch up.
Hope this helped.