Writing in 3rd person

I researched how to write in 3rd person on the internet. Well turned out there are three ways to write in 3rd person. I decided to keep it simple.

Writing in 3rd person is like writing events you are only observing.

Okay, that is too simple.

Ok I’m going to explain the three ways to write in 3rd person without of all the terms.

First way to write in 3rd person is the way to give the most information. The narrator knows everything! Every action the characters are making, their every thought. The readers get it all!

Example:
Mary smiled knowing her friend had found more then one new dress. She looked up from the pendent she fiddled with, to look out the door. She met the brown eyes of a young man walking by. Wow he’s cute! She thought. He returned her smile, showing a dimple in his right cheek before disappearing into the crowd.
Mary’s heart raced at the sight of his smile. She felt a burning sensation in her stomach. She almost stepped out the door to follow him, wondering how she could have any reaction to him when she only liked one guy in her life.

Will stopped walking he realized he lost track of his older friend. His thoughts had drafted to the girl he had seen a minute or two ago. He remembered the girl’s smile. Stop thinking about her. He angry told himself. Find Michael and talk him out of this foolishness. I have my own mission to complete. He pushed through the crowd.

In this one the writer can go into every character’s head, not just the hero and heroine.

Ok so the next way is more limited. The writer only writes from one character point of view.

Ok
Example:
Mary’s heart raced at the sight of his smile. She felt a burning sensation in her stomach. She almost stepped out the door to follow him, wondering how she could have any reaction to him when she only liked one guy in her life.
“Mars,” said Selena. Stopping her in her tracks. She looked to see what Selena wanted. “I’ve asked Ms. Joy’s assistant to help you pick out some dresses.”
“Selena?” Mary asked unsure what to do. “A few seconds ago I saw a guy.” Mary stopped to smile at Selena’s reaction to the word guy. Her friend has stopped in mid-motion of reaching for yet another dress. “He had the most gorgeous eyes.”
Selena pushed the dresses in her hands at the assistant who grabbed them in surprise. “Well, go after him!” Selena said. She headed to the door. “Are you going or not?” She asked when Mary didn’t make a move. Mary left without a second thought, Selena right on her heels.
In this one you know only what the heroine is doing and what she’s thinking. You don’t know what her friend is thinking.

Ok is last way to write in 3rd person is only to narrated the characters’ actions.

Example:

A young woman pushed through the crowd. She looked in every direction. She stood on her toes but she didn’t reach over the heads of the taller people. She laughed and shook her head.

Okay I realized that my examples are flat especially that last one. But I hope this helped some people at least start to understand 3rd person.

Does anyone have anything to add about 3rd person?

Keep Faith writing report:
I wrote 112 words yesterday! I'm now on chapter 3!

coming this week!

This week I’m going to blog 1st, 2nd, and 3rd person. Also I’m going to blog about Point of View. I’m going to tell how I believe each is important or not important in writing.

Tuesday: 3rd person
Wednesday: 2nd person
Thursday: 1st person
Friday: On Point of View


On sunday I wrote a little over 100 words. I'm going to do better today!

Why I write

First to understand why I write, you must know why I love reading. Yes, I know most writers love to read. It’s the love for the story that drives them to want to create their own stories.
The people who visit this blog may have notice the few and far between comments I have made about having a hearing lost. Most people have had a few times when they don’t hear or understand what someone else is saying. Well, imagine having that 24/7. For the most part you understand what the other person is saying then come a word you’re not expecting or rarely see. I read lips when I have a hard time understanding what I’m hearing. Once that word passed you are lost. You miss the rest of the conversion because your mind is to busy trying to figure out that WORD! Yes, incase you are wondering my mind run a million miles a minute trying to guess what you are going to say and what have you already said.
Anyway, a young girl, me, who hates whisperings and has a bad habit of tuning people out when I don’t understand, opened a book and I understand every word. There is no “what did you say?” , “Please repeat that.”, Or “what did they just say?” No! Every word is there. Right there! Printout in little black letters! In this wonderful silence but noisy world I “heard” perfectly. Of course after reading about these wonderful worlds I wanted to write about them. This is why I write for the same reason I read.

Why do you write or read? Is to escape to another world or to hear every word like me?

taking over the world!

Well I was planning on posting something about the lifetime tv show ArmyWives today as you can see I haven't. I love that show! I'm so glad it started back this past sunday.
No, I'm going to post about my lastest genius plan on how I'm taking over the world! just kidding. No, it just my lastest plan on how I'm going to write more. lol. See I'm going to take over the world one word at a time!
So Fast draft has started again and I'm going for it! This is where every writer must write 20 pages a day for two weeks and then post it on the Candace Haven's yahoo group. I'm not part of a team this time so I'm just going to post what me, myself and I wrote! While it started today, I'm going to start tomorrow!
Best of Luck to all writers!
Don't forget to write today!

lets talk feet

Here are 5 things I find funny about feet.

1. Some people don't have much of an arch in the bottom of their foot. (me for one)
2. Sometime the 2nd toe is longer then the "Big Toe." (Beware of these people they're bossy)
3. Our (women's) feet need a little paint to look good.
4. If you count your toes really fast you need up with eleven.
5. Without your "Big Toe" you lose your balance.

I posted this yesterday but I forgot to ask:

What do you find funny about feet?

watching

Who’s watching you? Or more to the point who are you watching? I don’t know about other writers but I like to people watch. Some people favorite hobby is bird watching mine are writing and people watching. When I lived in the dorms my room was on the 2nd floor. I would sit in the window, must to college staff dismay, and watch people walk across the small quad next to my dorm.
Our campus is known for its brick sidewalk and roads. The quad has a small slop and its brick paths formed a star like pattern with a small flower garden in the middle. Not many flowers grew there since everyone going to the cafeteria walked through it. I liked to watch people walk down the slop, to see how their walk change once they reached that point. The funniest times were when some of the girls from the other girl’s dorm would try to walk in heels down that sideway made of brick. Their walk would change trying to balance on these pencil thin heels. I never saw anyone fall but a few almost trips. I think how we walk is one of our most interesting habits.
When a writer tells how their characters walk it tell all about their personality.
As a writer what habits do you often put in your story?
If you like to watch people what habit do you watch or watch for?

pulling weeds

Lately I feel like I'm pulling weeds when I'm trying to write. It don't help that my grandmother in the hospital. She's ok, slowly getting better. So I'm back to writing in my notebook. Easier to carry to the hospital. So it going to take a little longer to write my lengthy outline. So how everyone else doing with their writing?