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Welcome to Week 7 of our Grammar Guide. This week is all about Point of View. We aren't talking about the arguing thing though (thankfully). We are looking at this in how it relates to rules of grammar and how it gets applied in writing. First up, let's talk about the Grammar Point of View: Grammar has three points of view: First person - The speaker of the sentence (I/We) Second Person - The person spoken to (you) Third Person - The person or thing spoken about (he, she, it, they) Point of View is also used to describe how a narrative (story) is told. Fiction stories most commonly have Third Person Limited or First Person Points of View. So, lets dive in: Narrative Point of View - When we tell stories, the story has a voice. The voice of the story is the Narrative Point of View. There are generally considered 5 Narrative Points of View (that also overlap on the first 3 with Grammar Point of View): First Person - The story is told through the eyes of the character (I did...) and is limited to that character's thoughts and feelings. This is the most common POV other than Third Person Limited. Second Person - The narrator is speaking to you, the reader. This is not common in fiction. It is common in non-fiction such as speeches and advertising. Third Person - Omniscient - Narrator is all seeing and all knowing. They can (and do) flit all between characters' thoughts and motivations. This was very common in older writing but has fallen out of favor in recent decades. Third Person - Limited (sometimes called limited omniscient)- Narrator relays outside events but can also see thoughts and motivations of the main character. Changing character point of view can occur, but there is usually a break or chapter change to indicate switching of characters. Third Person Limited is the most common point of view other than First Person. Third Person - Objective - Narrator relays events of only what can be seen. You do not see any characters' thoughts or motivations in this view. This is most common in news articles. One of the things that can trip us up as writers is switching points of view midstream or "author voice" intruding. An example is when you are in third person limited as a point of view and suddenly telling what another character thinks or feels. Eh? You can share how the narrating character might think another character feels or thinks, but unless you go full omniscient, this is a writing error. One oddity that is not common is the "Breaking of the fourth wall" as it is called in television. This is where a character in the action turns and speaks to you the reader (or watcher). Kevin Spacey in "House of Cards" did this. Deadpool does this in all his iterations. It's not all that common in fiction writing and can upend a reader if they aren't expecting it. Hope this helps! Let us know what you think below and see you next week!

Hobgoblins are not necessarily Green Goblins...

Thanks for your insights on this @Comicality! Now I just need some time to write to be able to have a next project to worry about it. lol.

Due to the way security is set up, it is STRONGLY advised that you do not edit a scheduled chapter before it posts. Looking at your story history, you have 7 pages of edits records. You have tempted fate entirely too much not to have discovered a new way to break things that we didn't anticipate. (for the historically minded, the security is locking publishing date upon first publicly publishing. Early on we had authors abusing the announcing system by editing their story to jump back to the top of the list. Then we'd get tons of complaints from users that the story was listed as new but wasn't. Most software fixes we do are to correct problems like this and then correct the problems those problems caused. This scheduling quirk has been our bane for 10 years. Every time the forum software updates or the story archive software updates, a new quirk shows up or an old one finds a new method to reappear. We only have the staff to stop the obvious and to verify our published process works) I have corrected chapter 2. However, you've done so many edits, I expect each further chapter will have an issue as well.

I need to work on my time management... work, site, work, site... I game to get away from the computer for a bit. I have been working the outline on stuff though.

Some of these feel like they have the function of the human appendix... Apparently useful in the past, but now a collection spot for sudden linguistic disaster.

Welcome to the next topic in our fun Grammar Guide series. This week are are hopping into the fun world of English Verb Tenses. English has three basic verb tenses: Past - actions that occurred in the past Present - actions that are occurring at the moment Future - actions that will occur in the future. In English, these 3 basic verb tenses each have 4 aspects and this means, (if you're keeping up with the math), 12 verb tenses. Simple - actions that are usual or repeated Progressive - actions that are ongoing Perfect - actions that are completed Perfect Progressive - actions that will be completed at a definitive time Examples: Past Simple - I walked to the library Progressive - I was walking to the library Perfect - I had walked to the library Perfect Progressive - I had been walking to the library. Present Simple - I walk to the library. Progressive - I am walking to the library. Perfect - I have walked to the library. Prefect Progressive - I have been walking to the library. Future Simple - I will walk to the library. Progressive - I will be walking to the library. Perfect - I will have walked to the library. Perfect Progressive - I will have been walking to the library. Important Take Away In English, only two verb tenses can be formed from the verb by itself: past and present. All other tenses require a form of have, will, or be as a helping or auxiliary verb. Cool Tip from the Infographic Guide to Grammar - Test your verb tenses by starting your intended sentence with Yesterday, Today, or Tomorrow, to check your past, present, and future tenses respectively. "Today, I walk to the library." "Yesterday, I walked to the library." "Tomorrow, I will walk to the library" References: Kern, Jara. (2020). The Infographic Guide to Grammar. Adams Media Venolia, Jan. (2001). Write Right! (4th ed.). Ten Speed Press

It is an unfortunate reality that trolls exist at all. Unfortunately, social media has give nuclear weapons to dysfunctional toddlers that should not be allowed near nerf guns. Companies have destroyed themselves, their markets, their products, their fandoms, and everything else chasing this woke stupidity driven by the Twitter Karens. We just want to focus on great stories. Write them. Post them. Read them. Review them. Mix. Repeat. Let's avoid leaving out trollbait and focus on the writing.

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sounds like my day...

@CincyKris Since you enjoyed Tests of the Blood... This trilogy, especially the first book, "Magic's Pawn" is a great gay fantasy novel.