Once you set a metaphor in a reader’s mind, it will stay with them for many pages. It will free their imaginations and help you with the telling of your tale.

Although there might be thousands of subtle differences in the narratives of the novels you’ve read, there are only three types that you need to be aware of. Actually there are four, but the last one is a voice you should never use: your own.

One of the primary ways we learn is through our relationships with other human beings.

The third-person narrator is the voice in which we naturally tell stories about things that happened to people other than ourselves.

repetition First, you must cut out all extraneous repetition of words and phrases.

The first-person narrative can know only what the speaker knows. This tale is limited by the mind and senses, the situation and sophistication, the gender and education, of the narrator.

Emotions inform our responses to the physical world, and our language reflects those responses:

Of course you will have to have many simple informative sentences about the characters’ feelings throughout the text, but you must question every time you use flat descriptive language to describe an emotion, impression, or realization.

The structured writer may break down the whole novel into brief numbered descriptions of each story, chapter, or section.