George R. R. Martin Quotes:
Ocupation: Novelist
Life: b. September 20, 1948
Birthday: September 20
I don't like the strictly objective viewpoint [in which all of the characters' actions are described in the third person, but we never hear what any of them are thinking.] Which is much more of a cinematic technique. Something written in third person objective is what the camera sees. Because unless you're doing a voiceover, which is tremendously clumsy, you can't hear the ideas of characters. For that, we depend on subtle clues that the directors put in and that the actors supply. I can actually write, "'Yes you can trust me,' he lied." [But it's better to get inside the characters' heads.]
topic: Writing, Character, Thinking, Yes You Can, You Can Trust Me, He Lied
