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Which Point of View Is Best for Your Story?
(Originally published June 20, 2022)
Hey, storyteller!
Much of how a reader experiences your story depends on the point of view (POV) used to tell it. So, how do you know which POV is best for your story? What are the choices? And, well, what even is POV? Are we talking about which character is telling the story, or whether it's in past tense, or what?
In this week’s writer coaching session, we'll discuss the various types of POV, including their advantages and disadvantages, so you can choose the best one for your story.
Watch the video to discover:
- What POV is
- What the components of POV are
- How to use tense to create your story's POV
- The 3 types of "person" in POV, how to use them, and the advantages and disadvantages of each
- What narrative distance is and how it affects third person POV
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Video Timestamps
- 0:01 Introduction
- 0:48 A Gift for You
- 1:29 What Is Point of View?
- 2:29 Components of POV: Tense
- 3:51 Components of POV: Person
- 4:35 First Person POV
- 7:38 Second Person POV
- 8:54 Third Person POV
- 9:20 Narrative Distance
- 9:32 Third Person Limited POV
- 11:59 Third Person Distant POV
- 14:44 Third Person Omniscient POV
- 18:48 This Week’s Power-Up
Related Posts
- What Is Head-Hopping, and Why Is It Bad for Your Story?
- How to Give Your Character a Unique Voice
- The Secret to Writing a Story Readers Can't Put Down (Tips on writing deep POV)
- Is Passive Voice Sabotaging Your Story? (in case you have trouble with this when writing in 1st person POV)
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