Filtering narrative entirely through a character’s immediate perceptual field dictates using third-person pronouns

Evidence

The events were happening now, in the present tense, unfolding as I watched, and what followed would be filtered through the main character’s sensibility. He seemed to be occupying the same physical space as me, with a slight ghostly overlap. It didn’t make sense to call him “Cromwell,” as if he were somewhere across the room. I called him “he.” — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 1140

Categorization

• XREF: XREF Mantel’s creative process, third-person pronoun viewpoint — connects to: A writer can render un-witnessed events with sensuous precision — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 563
• SEED: SEED article on writing from inside the character’s immediate perceptual field rather than reporting on them from outside

Broader Connections

• A writer can render un-witnessed events with sensuous precision #qualifies (0.75) — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 563