1. Point of View Shadow O. Annie G.

2. “point of view: the vantage point from which the author presents action of the story. Who is telling the story? An all-knowing author? A voice limited to the views of one character? The voice and thoughts of one character? Does the author change point of view in the story? Why? Point of view is often considered the technical aspect of fiction which leads the critic most readily into the problems and meanings of the story.” What is Point of View?

3. Example 1 “In the heat of the moment, many writers often fall prey to the mistake of writing in two or more different point of views in a piece. Left unchecked, it can lead to terribly confusing writing. While that rule may sound basic enough for any half-decent writer to stick to, it’s actually seen more transgressions than you can imagine. Take just one issue of any popular broadsheet and you’re bound to find at least one instance of this event happening. Take this sentence, for instance, that doesn’t sound all that wrong: “It took all of the company’s resources to make it happen – you just had to see it through.” In the above example, the sentence goes from a third person writing to a second person. While savvy readers can probably put two and two together, it requires more work from the reader than what they should be doing.”

4. Fixing the Problem Proofreading often solves most problems, because the writer is going over their work and looking for such problems. But sometimes point of view errors fall through the cracks because they're hard to catch. Normally, to fix any point of view problem, all it takes is a little patience and time to really read over what a person has written. Reading over it usually gets a writer to see something is wrong and needs fixing.

5. Strategies When writing in First Person: It's good to be sure and o keep all references to the narrator as 'I', 'me', or 'my'. Proofreading through a few times to scope out any possibly misplaced 'she's or 'he's would do a writer good. When writing in Second Person: A writer must be very careful. It's tempting to want to switch to first or third person easily, and sometimes, without proofreading, it can be completely overlooked. It's generally easy to spot, thought, so making sure to keep everything as 'you', 'your', and such on will often times be enough. When writing in Third Person: Slip ups are harder to come by in third person. It's generally easier for a person to write. Commonly referring to every character as 'he', 'she', 'him', or 'her' may get a little confusing from time to time, but sometimes having to think about who is who is what keeps the writer from switching point of view in the middle of their writing.

6. Types of Point of View “Objective Point of View With the objective point of view, the writer tells what happens without stating more than can be inferred from the story's action and dialogue. The narrator never discloses anything about what the characters think or feel, remaining a detached observer. Third Person Point of View Here the narrator does not participate in the action of the story as one of the characters, but lets us know exactly how the characters feel. We learn about the characters through this outside voice. First Person Point of View In the first person point of view, the narrator does participate in the action of the story. When reading stories in the first person, we need to realize that what the narrator is recounting might not be the objective truth. We should question the trustworthiness of the accounting. Omniscient and Limited Omniscient Points of View A narrator who knows everything about all the characters is all knowing, or omniscient. A narrator whose knowledge is limited to one character, either major or minor, has a limited omniscient point of view. As you read a piece of fiction think about these things: How does the point of view affect your responses to the characters? How is your response influenced by how much the narrator knows and how objective he or she is? First person narrators are not always trustworthy. It is up to you to determine what is the truth and what is not.”

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