Eye of the Beholder

Narrative, like
beauty, is in the eye of the beholder. Unless you use your author voice as a
narrator in your story, the narrative should be written in the voice and
through the eyes of the viewpoint character.

If Tom is a mariner
who’s lived most of his life at sea, he’s unlikely to visit a small town in Kentucky and identify
the plants in Sally’s garden.

He pushed open the low wooden gate