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A whole new perspective on things
Aug. 20th, 2007 01:54 pmThere are, by definition1, three usual ways to narrate a story. First person (I, we), second person (you) or third person (all other forms, allegedly) perspective. This is a little poor, only three basic ways? We've had a lot of time to develop language and stories now and I think it's about time new methods of storytelling were developed. Frankly we've been slacking off behind the bike sheds smoking a metaphor.
What we need are some new perspectives to spice up stories and bring them into the 21st century....
Second shooter perspective
All references to the actions of the primary character are deleted from the text, they never existed in the first place. Move along. Nothing to see here.
Third hand perspective
All narration is in the form of "I heard that she said that he said that John told him that Mickey's got another girlfriend, wouldn't stand for it if I was her!"
Forth dimension perspective
Time parameters are used for all characters in all cases; what and who exactly they are and what they are doing becomes entirely obscured by when and how long it takes them to do it.
Fifth Amendment perspective
This is, arguably, the easiest kind of book to write, since nothing is ever spoken to prevent incrimination. This leaves you with an entirely empty book.
Sixth Sense perspective
Characters never do or say anything, they simply sense it - in doing so the text becomes an endless stream of adjectives that mesh together the characters without actually indicating where one starts and another stops.
Six panel perspective
All text is entirely set in cartoon bubbles, zap, kapow and other helpful phrases are scattered liberally across the text, margin, title and everywhere else.
Six foot under perspective
The narrator and all people in the text are always referred to in the past tense as they're all dead.
Six degrees perspective
The further you read through the text the more the characters change and become important, each change requires an increase in the self-important referencing of the character until they become "God emperor(ess) of the world" essential for any Beckham biography.
Eight ball perspective
Every time you pick up the book the perspective of the characters changes, sometimes there isn't one at all. Other times new characters turn up who seem entirely arbitrary. Just keep opening it until you get the story you want.
1 In English, as far as I or Wikipedia defines it, for the purposes of this wibble, no guarantee is made to the actual possible numbers of ways that really exist, implied or otherwise here in this wibble. No similarity to persons alive, dead, zombie or otherwise is intended here, elsewhere or under your sofa - where you left your keys last night.
What we need are some new perspectives to spice up stories and bring them into the 21st century....
Second shooter perspective
All references to the actions of the primary character are deleted from the text, they never existed in the first place. Move along. Nothing to see here.
Third hand perspective
All narration is in the form of "I heard that she said that he said that John told him that Mickey's got another girlfriend, wouldn't stand for it if I was her!"
Forth dimension perspective
Time parameters are used for all characters in all cases; what and who exactly they are and what they are doing becomes entirely obscured by when and how long it takes them to do it.
Fifth Amendment perspective
This is, arguably, the easiest kind of book to write, since nothing is ever spoken to prevent incrimination. This leaves you with an entirely empty book.
Sixth Sense perspective
Characters never do or say anything, they simply sense it - in doing so the text becomes an endless stream of adjectives that mesh together the characters without actually indicating where one starts and another stops.
Six panel perspective
All text is entirely set in cartoon bubbles, zap, kapow and other helpful phrases are scattered liberally across the text, margin, title and everywhere else.
Six foot under perspective
The narrator and all people in the text are always referred to in the past tense as they're all dead.
Six degrees perspective
The further you read through the text the more the characters change and become important, each change requires an increase in the self-important referencing of the character until they become "God emperor(ess) of the world" essential for any Beckham biography.
Eight ball perspective
Every time you pick up the book the perspective of the characters changes, sometimes there isn't one at all. Other times new characters turn up who seem entirely arbitrary. Just keep opening it until you get the story you want.
1 In English, as far as I or Wikipedia defines it, for the purposes of this wibble, no guarantee is made to the actual possible numbers of ways that really exist, implied or otherwise here in this wibble. No similarity to persons alive, dead, zombie or otherwise is intended here, elsewhere or under your sofa - where you left your keys last night.
