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Poe on narrator point of view8/25/2023 ![]() You need to identify your storytelling character by how you want your reader to react. ![]() But who is the storyteller? Even if the author is directly addressing the reader, s/he is still a “character”. ![]() Obviously, the storyteller is telling the story. Once we know why you want to write this, why is your narrator telling this story now? What’s their motivation? Are they just trying to clear up events for their own peace of mind? Make a confession about a wrong they did? Tell a good adventure tale to their beer-guzzling friends? What happened that is causing him or her to speak out? Why are you telling this story? Even if your reason never makes its way into the text, you need to know this as it will affect how you write it. What’s the message you want to send your reader? For which genre are you writing? Do you want to build suspense? Is there a romantic angle? Whose is the dominant viewpoint? What is the tone you want to set in your story? The atmosphere? First you want to determine how you want to tell the story. Return to top Choosing a Point-of-View What is the Purpose of Your StoryĬhoosing a POV character (POV) is actually the second step. The less common ones, including second person, are perfectly usable. The most common ones areįirst person and third person with the multiples - multiple first and multiple third - followed by the third person omniscient and objective. There’s a “cast of thousands” of points-of-view, or so it seems. Return to top The Important Points-of-View (POVs)
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