Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland was first published in 1865 and written by Charles Dodgson under the pseudonym, Lewis Carroll.
A key decision which the author must make from the outset is what viewpoint or viewpoints to adopt. Is the story going to be being written from only one character’s perspective, or that of several characters? Or perhaps it will be written from no character’s perspective. Linked to this is the question of the ‘person’ in which the story will be written, such as the third or first person. To a certain extent this latter issue is to do with how a viewpoint is presented and is best addressed separately. In this blog we will deal with the viewpoint itself.
Jacques Cousteau is watching nervously on the bridge of his ship Calypso as it slowly makes it way through a maze of razor-sharp coral tow
Francis Chichester is sailing in Gipsy Moth IV in the pitch black of night towards the dreaded Cape Horn.