Viewpoint First, Characters Third
This book by OSC is a wonderful collection to any aspiring author's collection, but it does not live up to 'How to Write Science Fiction and Fantasy'.Where it discusses Character seriously, it is too much like a strict guideline, for which there can be no such thing for a writer, unless you are writing operation manuals- and in that case, you do not need this book.The viewpoint sections are the best, where he give descriptions of secnarios from more than one perspective, 1st, 3rd, or even 2nd, and some times in varying detail to show how much decription is over the top and how much description is too little.However, as I stated earlier, you cannot read this- or any book of this nature- as a bible to writing. If you want to become a writer, you must find your own voice.