A Writer's Block: Robb Grindstaff

A Writer's Block: Robb Grindstaff

Doing the splits

Your novel's narrative perspective, that is

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Robb Grindstaff
Apr 08, 2023
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No, not talking about dropping to the floor with one leg in front of you and one leg behind you. I never could do that, and at my age, someone would need to call 911 if I ever did.

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I’m talking about a novel where the first-person narrator has a dual perspective on events: in the moment as it happens, and the same charact…

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