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For more information on point of view or other aspects of writing a story, try my book, What’s Your Story? A Young Person’s Guide to Writing Fiction. Both young writers and adults—especially adults writing for young readers—find it helpful. |
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Point of View - Limited 3rd Person
Last time we talked about writing your story in first person, that is letting your main character tell the story, referring to herself as I. That is one clear choice you have as a fiction writer, and we all know stories which use that choice well. If you haven't paid attention to point of view when you read—and most people except for fiction writers probably don't—start paying attention now.
Notice whether each story you read is written in first person, I, or in third person, he or she. And if a story is written in third person, notice whether the writer always stays in the point of view of the main character. When you read do you share that character's thoughts and only his thoughts, no one else's? If the character goes to sleep does the story stop until she wakes again? Do you know nothing except what the main character knows, sees, hears, thinks, feels?
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