Here’s the slide deck from my presentation to the Oquirrh Writers on September 4, 2025 (PDF format): https://davidrodeback.com/download/Almost-All-in-the-Voice_September-2025_David-Rodeback.pdf
In the Q&A I mentioned a Writing Excuses discussion of third-person omniscient. Here’s a link, but you can find it wherever you go for podcasts. It’s Season 20, Episode 15:
I looked for one more thing but didn’t find it: an essay I read about another topic that came up in our Q&A. I kinda fumbled that A, I thought later. In lieu of what someone else wrote but I can’t find, here’s what I could have said:
There are political, religious, social, and other topics which are difficult to explore deeply with most others in real life. These matters are so close to the heart (or trigger such anger or avoidance) that we resist probing them deeply. We’re too busy agreeing or disagreeing, conspicuously taking sides and shutting out anyone who might not be on our side, or we shield our hearts and minds from the uncertainty and potential trauma of any serious exploration, or perhaps from contention itself. Realistic fiction, especially when it’s contemporary, seems far more prone to such limitations than speculative fiction. Maybe it’s because we’re more willing and able to suspend our disbelief when reading sci fi and fantasy. Maybe it’s because we come more slowly in those genres to the moment of “Wait a minute! This could be about me!”
To echo a phrase, one guy’s opinion.