A change in perspective also adds contrast to a novel. For example, an outsider’s view of the action that’s taking place. Such a fresh perspective can help carry the plot along too. Let’s see “perspective” from a cartoonist’s view—in this case, Larsen.
It’s been a while since I last posted, but a trip to Europe and some more professional editing has taken up much of my time. I should be ready to try querying agents next week for my new thriller. Until then, I thought it worth mentioning character perspective in a novel. Perspective is, per the definition, a point of view. However, I think we often ignore or gloss over perspective in our writing. For example, perspective changes with age, gender and upbringing. When my wife and I were in France, it was easy to spot the tourists – they were the ones trying too hard to look French! How so? By wearing berets and looking ‘different’. From their own perspective, they were trying to fit right in, but from our perspective, they were decidedly foreign. So, I have been working harder on correcting the perspective of my characters and fleshing out details to engage the readers’ interest in the plot.