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R.L.

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Dec 29, 2009, 12:10:28 AM12/29/09
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An example of even better Omni POV.

http://lifeisaroad.com/stories/2004/10/29/neighborhoodHazardorWhyTheCopsWontPatrolBriceStreet.html

Brian M. Scott

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Dec 29, 2009, 12:37:11 AM12/29/09
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On Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:10:28 -0800, "R.L."
<del...@sonic.net> wrote in
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> An example of even better Omni POV.

> http://lifeisaroad.com/stories/2004/10/29/neighborhoodHazardorWhyTheCopsWontPatrolBriceStreet.html

That's not omni; it's straightforward first person.

Brian

R.L.

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Dec 29, 2009, 3:49:42 AM12/29/09
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Oh, very well. First person with outside glimpses fig-leafed by second
person imperative "Picture this".

R.L.

Bill Swears

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Dec 29, 2009, 3:59:18 AM12/29/09
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Pedant. The link should have come with a spew alert. I'm sending it to
my wife.

Bill

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Living on the polemic may be temporarily satisfying, but it will raise
your blood-pressure, and gives you tunnel vision.

Ric Locke

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Dec 29, 2009, 8:38:48 AM12/29/09
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On Mon, 28 Dec 2009 23:59:18 -0900, Bill Swears wrote:

> Brian M. Scott wrote:
>> On Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:10:28 -0800, "R.L."
>> <del...@sonic.net> wrote in
>> <news:1w5u2p3emtl33.6...@40tude.net> in
>> rec.arts.sf.composition:
>>
>>> An example of even better Omni POV.
>>
>>> http://lifeisaroad.com/stories/2004/10/29/neighborhoodHazardorWhyTheCopsWontPatrolBriceStreet.html
>>
>> That's not omni; it's straightforward first person.
>>
>> Brian
> Pedant. The link should have come with a spew alert. I'm sending it to
> my wife.
>
> Bill

I'm astonished that it should be new to anyone. For me, this makes
either the third or fourth cycle of "find it/bookmark it/change computer
and lose it".

Regards,
Ric

Brian M. Scott

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Dec 29, 2009, 2:44:01 PM12/29/09
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On Mon, 28 Dec 2009 23:59:18 -0900, Bill Swears
<wsw...@gci.net> wrote in
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in rec.arts.sf.composition:

> Brian M. Scott wrote:

>> On Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:10:28 -0800, "R.L."
>> <del...@sonic.net> wrote in
>> <news:1w5u2p3emtl33.6...@40tude.net> in
>> rec.arts.sf.composition:

>>> An example of even better Omni POV.

>>> http://lifeisaroad.com/stories/2004/10/29/neighborhoodHazardorWhyTheCopsWontPatrolBriceStreet.html

>> That's not omni; it's straightforward first person.

> Pedant. The link should have come with a spew alert. I'm


> sending it to my wife.

I'd seen it before -- here, I think -- and was pretty sure
of what it was before I looked.

Brian

Brian M. Scott

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Dec 29, 2009, 2:46:12 PM12/29/09
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On Tue, 29 Dec 2009 00:49:42 -0800, "R.L."
<del...@sonic.net> wrote in
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rec.arts.sf.composition:

>>> http://lifeisaroad.com/stories/2004/10/29/neighborhoodHazardorWhyTheCopsWontPatrolBriceStreet.html

I see no outside glimpses; I see a standard oral
story-telling technique of addressing the audience.

Brian

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