Comments on: Archon’s Gate http://emeraldtablet.wordpress.com The Emerald Tablet is a text purporting to reveal the secrets of the universe Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:29:35 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Lucifrank http://emeraldtablet.wordpress.com/my-novel-work-in-progress/#comment-21 Lucifrank Wed, 10 Oct 2007 15:50:32 +0000 http://emeraldtablet.wordpress.com/my-novel-work-in-progress/#comment-21 Yes, the PoV works well here. That way, the reader discover's Lanyar's world as the boy does. I think an omniscient narrator would take away from the mystery and the suspense. Seeing things from Lanyar's perspective lends a certain humanity to the story that I find devoid in a lot of the more techie sci-fi. Even though the tale is set on a faraway planet in a distant time, it's Lanyar that's driving the story and it's Lanyar who ultimately needs to take the reader on his journey with him. You put just as much weight on the character as you do the strange, futuristic cubes and trinkets that make up the environment around him--which I think is a crucial component to making stories set in fantastic worlds "believable." Yes, the PoV works well here. That way, the reader discover’s Lanyar’s world as the boy does. I think an omniscient narrator would take away from the mystery and the suspense. Seeing things from Lanyar’s perspective lends a certain humanity to the story that I find devoid in a lot of the more techie sci-fi. Even though the tale is set on a faraway planet in a distant time, it’s Lanyar that’s driving the story and it’s Lanyar who ultimately needs to take the reader on his journey with him. You put just as much weight on the character as you do the strange, futuristic cubes and trinkets that make up the environment around him–which I think is a crucial component to making stories set in fantastic worlds “believable.”

]]> By: Gohar http://emeraldtablet.wordpress.com/my-novel-work-in-progress/#comment-20 Gohar Tue, 09 Oct 2007 15:53:03 +0000 http://emeraldtablet.wordpress.com/my-novel-work-in-progress/#comment-20 Hi Troy, i think it's a very nice setting and explaining the background via the encyclopedia reminds me somehow of the "Hitchhiker's Guide" ;-) I like the point of view - to tell a story in third person but only knowing what the characters know is much better than the all knowing narrator, it produces more suspense and you can make a twist more effective. So please go on... Hi Troy,

i think it’s a very nice setting and explaining the background via the encyclopedia reminds me somehow of the “Hitchhiker’s Guide” ;-)
I like the point of view – to tell a story in third person but only knowing what the characters know is much better than the all knowing narrator, it produces more suspense and you can make a twist more effective.

So please go on…

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