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I write from this tight third-person viewpoint, where each chapter is seen through the eyes of one individual character. When I'm writing that character,…

— George R. R. Martin

I was thinking about the difference in voice between the different characters. Each voice has to be unique. Hypothetically you should be able to…

— Jesmyn Ward

Conventional forms of narrative allow for different points of view, but for this book I wanted a structure whereby each of the main characters…

— Penelope Lively

Third person allows a deeper exploration of the relationships between characters. We can see their misunderstandings and hear what they think about each other.…

— Juliet Marillier

All people have three characters, that which they exhibit, that which they have, and that which they think they have.

— Alphonse Karr

Within a single scene, it seems to be unwise to have access to the inner reflections of more than one character. The reader generally…

— John Ciardi

I'm a strong believer in telling stories through a limited but very tight third person point of view. I have used other techniques during…

— George R. R. Martin

If you think of even Tolstoy or a book like 'Anna Karenina,' you go from character to character, and each section is from the…

— Jeffrey Eugenides

I've always kind of gravitated toward characters who are a bit distant from the narrator or the point-of-view characters, so that's kind of important…

— Noelle Stevenson

A novel can do something that films and TV usually can't - a glimpse inside the characters' heads. I write very tight third person…

— Karen Traviss

When you're writing first person, all I can see and tell as the author is what that main character can see.

— Pearl Cleage

It is rare and almost impossible for a novel to have only one narrator.

— Mario Vargas Llosa