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How to Choose the Right Point of View for Your Story

Point of View: An Introduction

Simply stated, point of view is the vantage point from which a story is told. But point of view is much more complicated than that. It encompasses everything from who the narrator is (the author? a character?) to what attitude they have about the story they’re telling.

When the point of view for a short story or novel has been thoughtfully constructed, it acts nearly invisibly. But lose your footing, even briefly, and the reader will immediately sense something is off. Even subtle inconsistencies in a story’s point of view can pull us out of the moment.

With the stakes so high, it’s important to make deliberate, thoughtful choices about point of view. Yet all too often, this show-stopping element of fiction writing takes a backseat to writers’ concerns about plot and character. But point of view isn’t an easy gimmick or a frivolous choice to be taken lightly. Point of view, when used correctly, is the story.

Let me repeat that. Point of view IS the story.

Say your novel is about a woman who murdered her husband. You could tell that story from the perspective of the woman, 20 years later, looking back regretfully on what happened… or from the perspective of a burned-out detective, during the investigation… or from the perspective of her dead husband, from the afterlife, as he watches his wife suffer in prison… or from the perspective of a deaf child who witnessed the crime, and is now traumatized for life…

But those aren’t just “different spins” on the same story. They are all completely different stories.

The infinite subtleties and endless possibilities of point of view are too much for a single blog post. But I’d like to share some point of view basics with you as a jumping off point.

Here’s a list of the five most common points of view, and how to decide which is right for you.

The Five Basic Points of View

The five basic points of view are first person, second person, third person limited, third person omniscient, and multiple point view. Choosing between them can seem overwhelming at first, but you can simplify your decision by thinking of them as existing on a continuum between perspective and intimacy.

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when an npc in a sneak games goes “What was that” babygirl dont worry about it 

#😂 😂 😂 #Probably just a bird but I'll check #God this is the actual quote from ac odyssey npcs lol

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assassin’s creed odyssey: new game+ » chapter one

am i ever not in trouble?

#This game is like home

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His name is Mierdón

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@my-soliloquy-chamber <3

Midnight in Sparta

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Greek helmets, classical period, from Olympia Museum store room [1000x632]

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I need to see them interact

#Achilles would even hurl a spear to Zeus himself if only he insulted him. Actually I'd love to see that happening :) #Apollo #You go Achilles

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A moment of light during the siege

#tumblr #new followers #bots #Someone stop the bots #Although I'm not here or on internet often but when I log in there is ton-shit of new bot followers

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i love male characters who are extremely stuck-up and "inside the box" [like, proper, way too formal, cold, almost boring] from an outside perspective but their brain is actually an assembly of the weirdest shit you could possibly find

#Did you mean deimos

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Time to clean up the *s

#It's funny #😂😂😂 #Cats

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#But still a bb boy #Alexios

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I’ve been playing Hades and it’s made me realize some things and question some things. I realize that I don’t know nearly as much of Greek mythology and lore as I should. And it’s made me question the things I know very little of. Like Persephone can’t go home because she ate of the local cuisine? Really? Sounds made up. Test that maybe before you believe it, Perse? And does it work in reverse too? One of the underworld deities goes topside, has a sandwich, and can never go home again? *squints in skepticism* Yeah, no, that doesn’t sound real. Speaking of… Hades himself can’t go topside anymore. He used to be able to but then his brothers made him move underground and told him he couldn’t ever leave. His brothers. His brothers. *squints in youngest sibling* You believe your brothers, Hades? Tf? Why? Go touch grass, my dude.

Anyway. That’s not what I wanted to talk about. I wanted to say that I’ve not actually made a playlist, giving (some) of the gods and others of note a song.

The Furies: Paris Paloma - the fruits

Zeus: Anti-Hero - Taylor Swift (he doesn’t get Sam Smith’s Unholy bc Hera is not unaware)

Hera: Dream Girl Evil - Florence + The Machine

Thanatos: Oh Death - Jen Titus version

Charon: Way down We Go - KALEO

Dionysus: I can’t feel my face - The Weekend, Bad Habits - Ed Sheeran, CUFF IT - Beyoncé (and many many more)

Dusa: Working 9 to 5 - Dolly Parton

#Noted!

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I’m not a classicist, but I suspect one of the reasons so many of the Greek gods are portrayed so unflatteringly was less because they were seen as villains than because they represented their domains.  Of course Zeus sometimes misuses his power, that’s what a king does.  Of course Artemis’s wrath is wild and painful, that’s what nature can be.  Of course Hades snatched away a young girl from her mother’s arms, that’s what death does.  This is one of the reasons callout posts for some gods comparing them negatively to ‘nicer’ gods are kind of missing the point.

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I suppose it’s a testament to Tolkien’s economy of language that the entire Lord of the Rings trilogy – interminable preamble and endless appendices and all – has a smaller total page count than the individual books of your average modern doorstopper fantasy series, yet manages to pack in such a high density of worldbuilding detail that reading it feels like it takes about a thousand years.

#yep #tolkien #lotr

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Queen Persephone

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not to be emotional on main but fanfiction is a gift and it’s so fundamentally human to tell each other stories and i am deeply grateful to have that in my life. thank you all for adding so much emotion and meaning to the world with your words