Third Person Omniscient POV

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Third Person Omniscient POV

Third Person Omniscient POV The narrator has the perspective of more than one character Knows what all the characters think, feel, and want An external unnamed narrator

Third Person Omniscient POV According to author Walter Mosley, the third person omniscient narrator is the most powerful can withhold information can be perceived as the voice of God reveals information when it wants to

Third Person Omniscient POV Can know things that the characters do not Can jump from character to character Can travel through space and time

Example: Third Person Omniscient POV Mary sat alone at the table and wondered if anyone would join her for lunch. When Harry sat next to her, he also wondered if anyone would join Mary for lunch. He, however, hoped the answer was no one because he wanted to lunch with her by himself. Todd saw their interactions from afar and envied the otherwise shy Harry.

Sources Bender, Sheila. Creative Writing Demystified. New York: McGraw Hill, 2011 Mosley, Walter. This Year You Write Your Novel. New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2007.