Unique Angle | Choosing a Perspective
For our third consideration in Choosing a Perspective, a story’s Viewpoint Character should have a Unique Angle for recounting plot events. This brings us the… Read More »Unique Angle | Choosing a Perspective
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Desired Proximity | Choosing a Perspective
Desired Proximity is our second consideration in the Choosing a Perspective sequence. This one focuses on the degree of closeness between the Reader and the… Read More »Desired Proximity | Choosing a Perspective
Story Participation | Choosing a Perspective
Story Participation is possibly the easiest of our five considerations when choosing a story’s perspective. As its name implies, it revolves around how central a… Read More »Story Participation | Choosing a Perspective
Choosing a Perspective: An Introduction
The final section of this POV blog series will focus on Choosing a Perspective. The caveat here is that these are my opinions. Typically, choosing… Read More »Choosing a Perspective: An Introduction
The Frame Story
Our final narrative technique is a structural one: the Frame Story. This is a story structure where one or more smaller tales nest within a… Read More »The Frame Story
Dual and Multiple POV
As the name implies, Dual and Multiple POV is a technique wherein two or more separate and distinct Points of View tell the story. This… Read More »Dual and Multiple POV
Deep Point of View
Deep Point of View is a highly immersive technique that seeks to remove the Narrator layer altogether from the book. It frames its narrative according… Read More »Deep Point of View
Free Indirect Speech
Free Indirect Speech is a technique often summarized as Third Person Point of View with First Person Style. When employing this method, the Narrator conveys… Read More »Free Indirect Speech
Stream of Consciousness
Stream of Consciousness is a narrative style that conveys a character’s thoughts and observations as they occur. Because the human brain is generally chaotic, this… Read More »Stream of Consciousness
Epistolary Style
The Epistolary Style is a narrative technique wherein the story progresses via letters, journal entries, newspaper articles, or other written forms of communication. A novel… Read More »Epistolary Style