Perspective

First decision: the camera lens, part three

Perspective follows on nicely with narrative voice and point-of-view. It’s from what time, place, proximity, and knowledge the narrator views the story.

These three elements—voice, POV, perspective—make up the camera lens that you choose to show your story.

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Verb tense

A key element of a story’s time perspective is the ve…