First person direct.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
First person indirect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
First person objective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
First person direct<\/strong>:\nProtagonist carries conflict and is usually involved. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Direct \u2013 \u201cit happened to me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n When narrator carries conflict = direct perception.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is the most difficult point of view to work with \u2013 has to\nbe compelling voice to hold readers\u2019 interest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you can pull it off, it\u2019s powerful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Stories move in time and space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Problems with first person point of view: person has to be \u201ceverywhere\u201d\nto get information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n First person\nindirect:<\/strong> Reflective, or indirect: narrator does not carry conflict.\nNarrator is a character and in a relationship with the protagonist. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Problem with this pov is that you can\u2019t report what happened\nunless narrator was there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Examples: Herman Melville\u2019s Moby Dick<\/em> \u2013 you would have to be in the boat to tell the story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One Flew Over the\nCuckoo\u2019s Nest<\/em> \u2013 you would have to be in the insane asylum<\/p>\n\n\n\n Arthur Conan Doyle\u2019s Sherlock Holmes series uses the buddy\npov narration for these detective stories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Setting plays in it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In this pov, the narrator and protagonist are joined at the\nhip, a close friendship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The point view is not from the main character.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The idea is that \u201csomeone else could tell the story.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n For example, Watson tells Sherlock Holmes\u2019 story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Split point of view \u2013 Two or more narrators. They can tell\nthe story from their point of view in a strict rotation, in a sequence, or\nrandomly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n First person\nobjective:<\/strong> The third type of first person pov is detached and tells the\nstory like a transcript of the events that happened. The narrator never\ndiscloses anything about what the characters think or feel, remaining a\ndetached observer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Laughing Man<\/em>\nby J.D. Salinger tells the story from an unnamed narrator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Second person point\nof view:<\/strong> You. Rarely used, common in\npoetry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Third person pov:\nHe\/she\/it\/they<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n It\u2019s easy to move in space and time to tell the story when\nusing third person. This is the most flexible point of view.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Omniscient narrator:<\/strong>\nHas attributes of God. Omnipotent: all powerful, present everywhere. Knows anything\nand everything about characters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Omniscient narrator has full access to any character at any\ntime (past, present, future).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Omniscient narrator can comment on what characters are doing\nand on their patterns of behavior, movement, thoughts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Your turn:<\/strong> Decide on a subject and write from an objective point of view. Describe the scene as a camera would record it. Write what the camera lens sees and hears (if it’s a video camera, or a phone recording). Describe the scene like a screenplay. You can\u2019t write what the characters are thinking (the camera can\u2019t see or hear this).<\/p>\n\n\n\n You can show the characters\u2019 emotions with body language and physical gestures (what can be seen) and with dialogue (what can be heard).<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Kodak-Camera-691x1024.jpg\"){kind=spacer}
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