The Tradition of Writing

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This paper is a personal creative essay, describing the writing techniques of the author. The paper reports how the writer uses two very different techniques and discusses the influence of his teachers on his work. The paper also refers to various literary works as examples of certain techniques.

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"The lack of a conversational tone is not limited to my non-fiction work. Even in my fiction work, I notice that I have been discouraged from using the word "you." In fact, even when I have presented works from a first-person perspective, I realize that I have been encouraged to include details that the protagonist would not necessarily know at that point in the story. This commentary has certainly led me towards a third-person writing style. Therefore, most of my fiction works are characterized by the use of an omniscient or semi-omniscient narrator. The narrator explains how a character feels by telling the audience the character's feelings or revealing those feelings in dialogue between characters. There is a substantial amount of fiction work that uses these same devices. In fact, most classic works of literature use these same devices. Once I began thinking about this, I realized that many works of literature are written like plays. For example, in Shakespeare's plays, he uses the soliloquy to explain a character's thoughts and motivations. Even when an author is not working with the limitations of the stage, they frequently revert to the use of external devices to explain character motivation. For example, in Dracula, Stoker provides insight into character feelings by revealing portions of diaries and letters written by those characters. "

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