Arthur Herzog Quotes


"But if two's company, three's a crowd - and that demands the omniscient point of view."
- Arthur Herzog
(Related: Company)

"But whatever the POV, and the difficulty of forcing the action into a particular frame, stay within it."
- Arthur Herzog
(Related: Action, Difficulty)

"It's also possible to have two third person singular points of view, as represented by two characters through whose eyes the story is told in alternating chapters, say."
- Arthur Herzog
(Related: Eyes)

"The main advantage of the omniscient approach is that it's the easiest to handle. That's the major reason so many writers select it."
- Arthur Herzog
(Related: Reason, Writers)

"The universal narrator knows all and can enter a character's head any time he chooses."
- Arthur Herzog
(Related: Time, Character)

"To fake it is to stand guard over emptiness."
- Arthur Herzog
"Understanding POV is essential, or ought to be."
- Arthur Herzog
(Related: Understanding)