Kalfus does all of this in a story told from the point of view of a character very different from himself, heartening in this age of autobiographical fiction.

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The movie, written by Kelly Masterson, has an unusual construction: it reaches a climactic moment, then jumps back a few days to lay out the story from the point of view of one character or another.

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The new novella is told from the point of view of Bree, a character originally featured in the third Twilight book, Eclipse.

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Instead of joining the previous sample chapter, from the point of view of Theon Greyjoy, this new chapter, about Arianne Martell (a character mentioned in passing in A Storm of Swords but introduced in A Feast for Crows), replaces it altogether.

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But in order to play a character you have to walk a mile in that man's shoes, look at their point of view, right?

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