Writer Unleashed #135: The Secret To Mastering Your Story's Point Of View
One of the most important decisions you’re going to make about your story is its point of view.
Point of view is also one of the more complex story structures to master. How do you show what's in other characters' minds when writing in first person, or limited 3rd?
And what about omniscience?
In this episode, I'm going to give you a different understanding of point of view that you probably haven't heard before. You'll learn to control it more, and take advantage of the range available to you whether you're writing in first person, third person limited, or third person omniscient.
You'll learn:
- the primary purpose of point of view;
- why focusing on which person you write in is limiting your story's point of view, and what to focus on instead;
- what we mean by omniscience (and why it's not the sole province of third person narrators) and;
- how to bring a third person narrator more deeply into the mind of your characters
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