I’ve been hearing about Twitter a lot lately. I haven’t gone to the site yet, but I understand that it’s a way to do a mini-blog. If it didn’t sound like a supercharged procrastination tool, I’d go there; I’d look; I’d Twitter about my novel. My progress over the last two weeks would look something like this:

Oh no, THIS is the chapter I have to revise?

The point of view is so jacked up. Why did I choose to write in omniscient POV?

I’ll reread it first, then start writing.

I reread the chapter, then washed the dishes.

And my revision went on like that for about four days. I finally revised my chapter, lamenting the whole time about having an omniscient narrator. The problem I’m finding with the all-knowing point of view, is that she knows too much. If each chapter is written through the long distance lens of an omniscient narrator, then the reader can get into any character’s head the narrator chooses. If I choose all the minds, all the voices at once, the work gets confusing. The focus dims. So I’ve been sharpening the narrative focus, one chapter at a time.

So, I’m letting one character’s perspective lead each chapter, which seems to work. I’ve been working that way for months now, and I’m ready to attempt the narrator’s voice again, to write sections or chapters fully from her point of view. However, I haven’t entered the narrator’s perspective in so long, I’m struggling to regain the voice she started with. My challenge this week is to find my narrator.