Create Boundaries for Your Omniscient Narratorīecause you have the opportunity to discuss anything and anyone using the omniscient voice, you as the author need to create boundaries as to how you will disperse information. That said, the art always comes first! Don’t be persuaded against it if you think the omniscient voice makes the most sense. If so, you may be ready to use this technique!įor a first-time novelist, the omniscient voice may create additional hurdles to an already difficult task, which is why Mosley recommends the more limited third-person narrator. How will you jump from different perspectives and topics in a way that doesn’t confuse the reader? Can you convince your reader that your narrator is, in fact, all-knowing? Can you maintain tension between characters while at the same time speaking with clarity and superior knowledge? The Omniscient Narrative Voice Can Be Trickyīecause his knowledge is so limitless, the omniscient narrator can be difficult to navigate.īefore using this voice try asking yourself the following questions: Not even the meaning of life is beyond his reach. In other words, the omniscient narrator knows everything about everything and everyone.
He knows the psychological profile of the lady waiting for the bus, why cats love boxes so much, and can identify every person who has the BRCA gene (and, by the way, what that gene is and who discovered it). He doesn’t just know what John, Jessie and Jyoti are thinking, but also everything that has or will happen to them. When you write using the omniscient voice you are essentially speaking from the point of view of God. Pin The Omniscient Narrator Is All-Knowing
#Omniscient narrator series
Today we will conclude the series with the elusive, seductive, all-knowing omniscient narrator. I have already discussed the first-person and third-person narrators. This is part three of a series of posts based on Walter Mosley’s advice in This Year You Write Your Novel dedicated to exploring different narrative voices.
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