I mentioned yesterday that I was re-reading The Sword of Shannara. There were a couple things that immediately jumped out at me about the storytelling, one of which I want to talk about today (I’ll save the other for later).
Brooks uses a third person, omniscient perspective in writing this book. I don’t know if it’s [...]
My perspective
Filed under Writing Journal on August 24, 2004
Keywords: perspective, Terry Brooks, third person
Terry Brooks week
Filed under Writing Journal on August 23, 2004
Keywords: Shannara, Terry Brooks
I thought I’d dedicate this week’s posts to Terry Brooks. This doesn’t coincide with some special event or anniversary related to him, I’ve just been thinking about him recently (no, not in that obsessive-stalker kind of way). If I had to point to a singular influence in my writing, it would be him. Sword of [...]
