Point-of-view

First decision: the camera lens, part two

Last week we talked about choosing a narrator and the narrative voice, usually either first-person or third-person limited.

Today, we shift to a closely related topic: Point-of-view.

Today’s discussion topics include:

• What is point-of-view (POV) in fiction?

• Narrator POV

• Main character POV

• Secondary character POV

• Multiple POVs

• Head-hopping

• Unreliable narrator

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