─ETECTIVE-1ST PERSON:╘HE AUTHOR ALMOST ALWAYS TELLS THE STORY FROM THE
─ETECTIVE'S VIEWPOINT. ┼ASIER FOR DETECTIVE TO EXPLAIN HOW HE IS INTERPRETING THE CLUES AND SOLVING THE MYSTERY. ─ETECTIVE FICTION IS EMOTIVE. ┴UTHOR WANTS YOU TO FEEL THE SOFT TOUCH STRANGLING WITHIN THE TOUGH GUY. ┬AD MARRAIGE, NO LUCK, AND NO SOCIAL TRAITS ARE COMMON AMONG STORYLINE DETECTIVES. ─ETECTIVE ╞ICTION IS ╬╧╘ ═YSTERY.
═YSTERY-╧MNICENT:INCREASE THE SENSE THAT MAIN CHARACTERS ARE EXPENDABLE IN THE STORY. 1ST PERSON IMPLIES INVULNERABILITY IN THE MAIN CHARACTER, ESPECIALLY IN PAST TENSE.
╙CIENCE ╞ICTION-┴LL:╙IGNIFICANT TO WRITERS. ╬OT REALLY A FORM OF ITS OWN.
╓IGNETTE SET IN THE FUTURE OR ADVENTURE OR MYSTERY SET IN THE FUTURE, IMAGINED EQUIPMENT OR OTHER SCIENCE ITEMS. ─ANGER OF ├OMBINATION IS THAT IT TENDS TO LIMIT THE AUDIENCE TO THOSE WHO LIKE ALL FORMS, INSTEAD OF EXPANDING IT TO REACH PEOPLE OF ALL INTERESTS.
╧THER ╞ORMS:
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╞ANTASY
╥OMANCE
╚ISTORICAL ╞ICTION
╚ORROR/╙USPENSE
╩UVINILE
╓IGNETTE (╙LICE OF LIFE)
╫RITING ─IOLOUGE
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═OST STORIES INCLUDE DIALOUGUE, CHARS SPEAK AND REACT.
╬OTATE WHO IS SPEAKING BY: HE SAID, ┬OBBI SAID, ╔ SAID, WE SAID, THEY SAID, OR BETTER WRITERS USE MORE SOPHISTICATED TECHNIQUES.
"╔ SAID NO!"
"┴W, MOMMIE, ╨╠╠╠╠╠┼┼┼┼┴┴┴╙╙╙╙╙┼!!!!"
1ST COULD HAVE BEEN ANYONE, BUT THE SECOND SPEAKER DEFINES HIMSELF AND THE 1ST SPEAKER CLEARLY.
1ST-MOTHER
2ND-CHILD
╟OOD WRITERS WOULD FLIP SENTENCES FOR CLARITY.
"┴╫, ═OMMIE, ╨╠╠╠╠┼┼┼┼┼┴┴┴┴╙╙╙╙┼!"
"╔ SAID NO!"
╘HIS WAY, READER IS NEVER AT LOSS TO WHO IS SPEAKING.
╘ECHNIQUES
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-┴GE
-HAVING SPEAKERS DEFINE RELATIONSHIP
-BACKGROUND
-GENDER
-COMMUNICATION
-╬OT ALL OF ANY TYPE IS ALL ONE WAY.
┴NNOUNCEMENTS
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╤╘╒╘╧╥ LK HAS RESTARTED THE ├REATIVE ╫RITNG CONTEST IN ╘├ENTER, ┼NGLISH ─EPT.