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Cinfhen
Memphis | Tara M Stringfellow
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#WomensPrize23LongList I didn‘t love this book as much as @Cortg but it was a solid debut. My disappointment was with stylistic choices - mostly the nonlinear time jumps from multiple characters #POV, which were not easy to distinguish between. I did enjoy the audio narration. A story featuring 3 generations of southern black women with a strong bond of sisterhood.

TrishB I really liked this one 👍🏻 12mo
TheBookHippie I enjoyed this one! 12mo
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TheBookHippie @TrishB me too! 12mo
Megabooks I liked this but I don‘t remember much. 12mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I just won this one on Goodreads! If you don‘t like the book I probably will 😂😂 12mo
Deblovestoread Just started this morning on audio. Liking it so far. 12mo
Lizpixie 🙌🎉 12mo
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MargaretPinardAuthor
Cutting for Stone (Large Print) | Abraham Verghese, A Verghese
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I dunno, I was excited to read this but it feels wordy and wandering...and prurient if that is the right word? A weird #POV...
The #chocolate is helping...

MargaretPinardAuthor Agh! I just noticed that there are no even numbered pages—it‘s title on upper left, page on upper right, with nothing on first page of the chapter—-gah! #petpeeve #whatpageamion 5y
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Clwojick
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My view by the lake.( This is the view from the lakeside of the Boulevard Dam that I showed yesterday) #POV #personalchallenge #MayMadness @TheReadingMermaid @RadicalReader

BeansPage Beautiful 😍 5y
Crazeedi That's a beautiful view 5y
Cathythoughts Stunning 5y
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Clwojick
Untitled | Unknown
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The boulevard dam, right by my apartment I cross that bridge a few times a week, and can‘t help but smile at the rushing water. ♥️ #personalchallenge #pov #maymadness

Crazeedi ❤❤❤ 5y
Eggs Awesome 5y
Buechersuechtling Wonderful. 😍 The magic of running water. 5y
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BillBlume
Girl with the Red Balloon | Katherine Locke
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This second chapter works so well even though it switches from Ellie‘s POV to Kai‘s. Some writer‘s might use Ellie‘s ignorance of the situation as a way to explain what‘s happening, but Kai‘s POV actually works better here because of all the things he does know and doesn‘t share right away with Ellie. #POV

jmtrivera I just started that chapter, and I'm finding it more engaging than the first, personally. I think you have a point! 5y
BillBlume @jmtrivera I‘m really digging this book so far. Just starting chapter four. 5y
jmtrivera @BillBlume It's been a slow burn for me, probably because I haven't had a chance to sit down with it for more than a few minutes. Finally was able to get past chapter 2 tonight! 5y
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GingerAntics
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Okay, so we‘ve talked about the vices and virtues of first and third person, but what about tenses? I don‘t think I‘ve ever read anything in future tense; although I‘m sure it‘s possible. Almost everything for adults is in past tense, isn‘t it? What do you like writing in? Anyone have problems sticking with one in a first draft?
#writersoflitsy #nanowrimo #listynano #creativewriting #pov #tense

Texreader I generally dislike present tense. Only the very best writers can pull it off in my opinion. 5y
GingerAntics @Texreader I‘ll agree with that. Usually I write in past tense, but all of a sudden now I start in past and I end up slipping into present, and then when I notice it throws off my rhythm because I go back to fix it. Then again it probably doesn‘t matter for writing and development exercises anyway. They‘re never going to see the light of day. lol (edited) 5y
RaimeyGallant I prefer writing in past, but I have written in present as well. I suppose I've written portions of essays in future, but it's disorienting, and I don't like it. A lot of adult and YA novels are written in present these days. 5y
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CocoReads Usually past. I‘ve been writing in 3rd person but I‘ve got a character screaming in my head that only comes through in first person. (Arrogant rock stars-what can you do? 🤷‍♀️) 5y
twohectobooks I have no problems with first person unless present tense is also involved. Present tense has occasionally been done effectively but usually doesn‘t work for me. Not sure I‘ve ever seen second person deployed in a way I enjoyed much either. My own writing tends to be a mix of first person and third, trending toward third. Trying to think of whether I‘ve ever seen future tense and I can‘t think of any examples! 5y
GingerAntics @CocoReads 🤣😂🤣 arrogant bastards! I think you‘re stuck with them...unless you kill them off!!! (Didn‘t know you were writing a murder mystery, did you? lol) 5y
GingerAntics @twohectobooks @Texreader there is a big gap in first person present and well done first person present. I think it‘s hard to get that to not sound almost like a little kid telling a story. I‘ve never read anything in second person and I‘m not sure I‘d enjoy it. I agree with @RaimeyGallant that future tense tends to be essays, but it‘s weird writing that way. 5y
GingerAntics @Texreader so how are you handling the first person sections of Cold My Heart? It threw me off at first and took me three chapters to figure out that she was using it in a very specific situation. At first I was trying to figure out who “I” was (I think it‘s actually two different “I”s, too). 🤨 p.s. no idea how far you‘ve gotten so I don‘t want to say too much. I‘m on chapter 5 now. 5y
Texreader @GingerAntics Only on chapter 2, but I was thinking about her writing in present tense because so far I think she‘s done it well. But I don‘t know yet who “I” is either. 5y
Adriannagab I always do past ... last week I had an assignment on micro fiction that had to be done in present tense. It was awful 😱😱😱 I spent like 2hrs trying to come up with one page and my mind kept going to past tense🤦🏽‍♀️. So yeah present tense is def for pros😂..Can‘t imagine anything written in future tense tho 5y
GingerAntics @Texreader oops, I gave a little something away then. Don‘t look. lol 5y
GingerAntics @Adriannagab I keep slipping between the two while doing exercises and development stuff right now. You could have written it in past and gone back and changed it to present. 5y
CrowCAH Mainly I write in first person past. I find that the easiest to write. But I have done third person closed past tense. I feel I need to challenge myself and write a first person present, since it seems that‘s what the young adult genre has started to use, but have yet to find the story to tell it in. 5y
GingerAntics @CrowCAH yeah, I get the feeling that first person present is going to feel weird unless it‘s just the right story. I‘m totally intimidated by present though. There are so many ways it can go wrong and only a few ways it can go right. 5y
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GingerAntics
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I absolutely HATE writing in third person omniscient. It's ridiculous. Who the hell does this willingly? It's madness. Just because I have ADHD doesn't mean my story has to.
#creativewriting #gailcarsonlevine #writingmagic #nanowrimo #litsynano #writersoflitsy #pov

twohectobooks Third person omniscient can be good when done well but is very difficult to deal with when done poorly. I think I still prefer it over first person present tense, however! 6y
Adriannagab My creative writing prof says it creates more “dramatic tension”🤷🏽‍♀️ but agreed it‘s kind of awkward 😂 6y
GingerAntics @Adriannagab it's just weird. It's all over the place. @twohectobooks I prefer limited third person over first person (accept in very limited, character development writing exercise situations). Third person omniscient is just too all over the place for me. It's not happening. I'm glad I gave it a go, just for the experience, but I am never using it in a story. 6y
Texreader Ditto what @twohectobooks said. First person present tense always reads as if it‘s for youngest end of YA 6y
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justagirlwithabook
Lady of the Rivers | Philippa Gregory
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justagirlwithabook
The Hate U Give | Angie Thomas
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Advantages to being a teacher and having a school library at your fingertips: skipping the public library‘s 6 month wait!
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#thehateyougive #angiethomas #bookstagram #schoollibrary #perspectives #pov #librarybooks

GardenJess I‘m listening to the audio right now - it‘s so good! 6y
justagirlwithabook @GardenJess I would‘ve loved to do the audio (the wait at the library was even longer for it)! 6y
GardenJess Its@good@enough that I‘d recommend listening to it later. Her ability to make all of the characters so distinct is amazing. 6y
justagirlwithabook @GardenJess I‘ll definitely check it out! 6y
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BillBlume
Lightless | C. A. Higgins
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What's most interesting about Lightless so far is just how much it doesn't tell the reader. Backstory on the characters introduced so far? Next to nothing. Higgins gives the reader more about the pair of antagonists she's introduced, making for an interesting level of tension where the reader trusts no one, including the POV. #Lightless #CAHiggins #scifi #suspense #tension #pov