One of the interesting challenges and learning opportunities I’ve come across in dabbling with fiction is the process of merging narrator/author voice with character voice.

Both as a reader and writer, close third-person limited is my favorite point of view method (as opposed to first person or third person omniscient) for most stories. This means the narrator only knows what the point-of-view character knows, even though it’s written in third person.

But interestingly, when done closely, it also means the narration itself is colored by the character’s personality. Rather than just come across the page in dialog or in italicized literal thoughts, the rest of the narration is also basically an indirect extension of their thoughts.

And so for example if a character is cynical and curses a lot, then in addition to the dialogue reflecting that, the narration also reflects that. It comes across more cynical and will curse at times. “What a shit day. Bob pulled out of his driveway and…” In contrast, if a character is upbeat and polite, the narration will feel similar.

And there’s no right answer on how much to let character voice color the dialogue in third person limited, because an author can choose how close to get to the character. And readers have preferences for their favorite points of view. I like a bit of everything but like close third person limited the majority of the time.

Distant third person limited has a rather consistent and detached narrator voice, despite still being limited to what the character knows. Very close third person is almost like first person, meaning the narration is basically just like that character, except all the “I/me” words are replaced with “he/she” and so forth.

As a reader, a lot of this is often invisible. As a writer though, it’s interesting to 1) pick how close you want third person limited to be for your given book, and 2) be consistent with it so you don’t unintentionally zoom in or out at certain times.

So it’s kind of a mindfuck because there are multiple layers to be aware of. A really interesting process to tackle.

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Oh yeah good point... I'm sure he's going to stick the landing.

>let's wait and see what he ACTUALLY does, not what he says.

Umm 75 executive orders, installing an anti-vaxxer for head of HHS, a deep state conspiracy theorist for head of FBI, and letting Elon Musk and the DOGE Babies root access to Federal payment systems... and oh yeah, renaming the Gulf of Mexico?

He's "DONE" quite a lot...

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Intrigued in whether there is a difference of opinion on Nostr v Twitter.

Ukraine / Russia…thoughts?

Musk / Trump handling of the situation…thoughts?

CLEARLY THE ISSUE WAS BLUE CHECK BITCOINERS DID NOT TWEET HARD ENOUGH.

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If you find yourself with two bad moves the winning move is to walk away.

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How does this scam work? Are they just trying to figure out who has bitcoin and then social engineer them into giving it up or something?

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"The insane levels of unquestioning Zelensky worship by the Left is just wokeness applied to international affairs." -William Wolfe

Wallets like Breez, Phoenix, Blitz, and Muun allow users to run a lightning node automatically, and with no manual intervention. If we could get these wallets to provide an LN address and have NWC support, they'd be a fantastic option for Nostr users.