John wrote with confidence, aware of his superb ability for assembling great sentences with concrete nouns and active verbs. Because of many hours spent in research, he knew everything that had happened.
His title told what his book was about. To be sure readers wouldn’t miss anything, he interpreted his characters’ actions, revealed their thoughts, and judged their motives. He revealed what the future would be, whether his main character was about to face easy or hard times.
His story was written from a divine perspective. That is, he wrote from an all-knowing, God-like viewpoint, which was also the place where readers would have to sit when they turned the pages.
John didn’t know that readers aren’t comfortable with knowing everything. Most readers prefer true-to-life stories in which the title makes them curious, and everything that happens makes them wonder what will come next. They don’t know what other characters are thinking, so they have to interpret actions and solve the mysteries that are consistent with everyday life.
If you write from your main character’s flawed, uninformed, human perspective, your readers are more likely to think your writing is divine.
