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
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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
The Scenic Method
The Scenic Method arose out of a dramatic tradition, championed to a great degree by Henry James, who wanted to write plays but wrote novels… Read More »The Scenic Method
Omniscient Narration
The last of our Three Narrative Os, Omniscient Narration features a Narrator who is an all-knowing entity with an all-seeing perspective. In its purest form,… Read More »Omniscient Narration
Observational Narration
In Observational Narration, the Narrator interjects their own opinions, observations, and interpretations, breaking the fourth wall to address the Reader directly even if neither Reader… Read More »Observational Narration
Objective Narration
Welcome to the stark, sere landscape that is Objective Narration. The barren tundra of the Republic of Letters. The dispassionate play-by-play that leaves you to… Read More »Objective Narration
Present Tense Narration
Having established the three categories of Point of View—first-, second-, and third-person—we move on to types of narration. These are variables that can occur within… Read More »Present Tense Narration
Third Person Point of View
In Third Person Point of View, both Reader and Narrator exist outside the boundaries of the Story. The Narrator uses third person pronouns to recount… Read More »Third Person Point of View