• What is point of view in a story?
• Heighten tension with consistent point of view
• Most popular point of view types in stories
• Create intimacy with narrator via first-person
• When to use first-person minor in stories
• Use third–person limited for greater clarity
• Rotate third-person limited to avoid issues
• Types of third-person point of views
• Select your viewpoint character with care
• Avoid shifting point of view in your story
Jumping between points of view is confusing to readers. A new point of view changes up the rhythm and flow of a story in an unnatural way. Readers often will have to re-read the passage to figure out what’s going on and then must acquaint themselves with a new narrator.
• Streamline writing by cutting perception fallacy
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