Third person singular past tense
One of our RLF Fellows, Emma Darwin, who writes on substack 'This Itch of Writing' discusses POV with Annie Caulfield on our podcast. It's practically a masterclass!
https://www.rlf.org.uk/showcase/wa_episode3/
I agree: “we are becoming less and less confident in using third person singular past tense.”
My theory: it’s because we have lost in touch with universal and are too myopic of our human understanding.
Salman Rushdie can tell us a jinn’s perspective as if he was himself one which may remind us of our own uncle or teacher etc.
We can’t write with confidence in that perspective if we only understand superficial aspects about others.
One of our RLF Fellows, Emma Darwin, who writes on substack 'This Itch of Writing' discusses POV with Annie Caulfield on our podcast. It's practically a masterclass!
https://www.rlf.org.uk/showcase/wa_episode3/
I agree: “we are becoming less and less confident in using third person singular past tense.”
My theory: it’s because we have lost in touch with universal and are too myopic of our human understanding.
Salman Rushdie can tell us a jinn’s perspective as if he was himself one which may remind us of our own uncle or teacher etc.
We can’t write with confidence in that perspective if we only understand superficial aspects about others.