tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6524216043125745761.post3190771653194694703..comments2023-10-05T05:42:39.584-04:00Comments on Notes from the Jovian frontier: Exercising the voice musclesblankenship.louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05541461775158369620noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6524216043125745761.post-70317990174663366292014-04-23T13:48:50.510-04:002014-04-23T13:48:50.510-04:00I think you get extra leeway for wrestling with so...I think you get extra leeway for wrestling with something as difficult as second person! Bravo for tackling it.blankenship.louisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05541461775158369620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6524216043125745761.post-40703353039143726742014-04-22T15:59:40.380-04:002014-04-22T15:59:40.380-04:00Hi Louise, I have indeed been wrestling with narra...Hi Louise, I have indeed been wrestling with narrative voice, for about eighteen months. And losing. But it's still fun. My female protag (heroic fantasy) is a seer, so her sense of time is pretty flimsy, and it's second person with a kind of accusatory flavor coming in and out (like the occasional sentence of "that's just like you"). It's been a very tough challenge, but the beta-readers seem to adjust and like it well enough. Onward.Wm. L. Hahnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09918981970218130294noreply@blogger.com