Comments on: First Alien Sighting http://www.hawaiireaders.com/blog/2009/09/30/first-alien-sighting/ The Hawaii Readers site Fri, 18 May 2012 15:46:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Thomas Cummings http://www.hawaiireaders.com/blog/2009/09/30/first-alien-sighting/comment-page-1/#comment-291 Thomas Cummings Wed, 07 Oct 2009 02:45:22 +0000 http://stage.hawaiireaders.com/?p=832#comment-291 Thanks for your "point of view" observation. Each week I'll blog about Cook's first encounters with Hawaiians-- on a Friday. And, it'll be from Cook's/the Brits' "point of view". However, I'll include the Hawaiians' take on some of those encounters, when appropriate. That whole, first encounter fascinates me -- I'll try my best to relate that feeling in my blogs. Thanks for your "point of view" observation. Each week I'll blog about Cook's first encounters with Hawaiians-- on a Friday. And, it'll be from Cook's/the Brits' "point of view". However, I'll include the Hawaiians' take on some of those encounters, when appropriate. That whole, first encounter fascinates me -- I'll try my best to relate that feeling in my blogs.

]]> By: Michael Little http://www.hawaiireaders.com/blog/2009/09/30/first-alien-sighting/comment-page-1/#comment-168 Michael Little Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:45:04 +0000 http://stage.hawaiireaders.com/?p=832#comment-168 What I love about this is how point of view--seeing the scene from the English officer and crew's point of view--gives life and excitement to the telling of the story. Establishing point of view is one of the biggest decisions, and jobs, for a storyteller. It follows the decision of what story to tell. For writers, and readers, how the storyteller handles point of view is a make-or-break deal. And it shows it itself right away, on the opening page. "Call me Ishmael" wasn't a bad start for a novel. Or "You don't know about me without you have read a book by the name of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer; but that ain't no matter." What I love about this is how point of view--seeing the scene from the English officer and crew's point of view--gives life and excitement to the telling of the story. Establishing point of view is one of the biggest decisions, and jobs, for a storyteller. It follows the decision of what story to tell.

For writers, and readers, how the storyteller handles point of view is a make-or-break deal. And it shows it itself right away, on the opening page. "Call me Ishmael" wasn't a bad start for a novel. Or "You don't know about me without you have read a book by the name of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer; but that ain't no matter."

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