07-04-2010, 12:48 AM
Continued from "Dual Characters" -
"Expand the viewpoint," in my understanding, is completely different from what I'm discussing. You say expand, which, by definition, I'm fine with. The word I'm looking at as a form of, to use Kaden's wording out-of-context, 'kind of cheating,' is alter. I have been on other roleplaying sites, where you must only write about your character's actions, dialogue, and thoughts, and you're not allowed to control the other person's character at all. True, being different from this format is what Chubbs is, in effect, all about, and I'm personally alright with that.
To clarify, what I'm talking about is using an NPC's thoughts and feelings to push the story along, and telling the story solely from their view-point. Generally, we at Chubbs write in third-person limited, and I, personally, don't like it when limited becomes "semi-limited," and while Joe is the character we control, we also get to see into Bob's thoughts for a period of time, or maybe even Annie's thoughts.
Jayd Wrote:Being allowed to expand the viewpoint of a story is one of the few things that separates Chubbs from other sites.
"Expand the viewpoint," in my understanding, is completely different from what I'm discussing. You say expand, which, by definition, I'm fine with. The word I'm looking at as a form of, to use Kaden's wording out-of-context, 'kind of cheating,' is alter. I have been on other roleplaying sites, where you must only write about your character's actions, dialogue, and thoughts, and you're not allowed to control the other person's character at all. True, being different from this format is what Chubbs is, in effect, all about, and I'm personally alright with that.
To clarify, what I'm talking about is using an NPC's thoughts and feelings to push the story along, and telling the story solely from their view-point. Generally, we at Chubbs write in third-person limited, and I, personally, don't like it when limited becomes "semi-limited," and while Joe is the character we control, we also get to see into Bob's thoughts for a period of time, or maybe even Annie's thoughts.