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This document provides an overview of point of view (POV) in fiction writing. It discusses the three main categories of POV: first person, second person, and third person. First person POV uses pronouns like "I" and "me" and the narrator is a participant. Second person POV uses "you" and is rarely used. Third person POV uses pronouns like "he" and "she" and the narrator is not a participant. The document also discusses limited omniscient POV, dramatic POV, reliable vs unreliable narrators, stream of consciousness, interior monologue, and mixing POVs. It provides examples and concludes with writing tips to stick to one

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Week 9-10

This document provides an overview of point of view (POV) in fiction writing. It discusses the three main categories of POV: first person, second person, and third person. First person POV uses pronouns like "I" and "me" and the narrator is a participant. Second person POV uses "you" and is rarely used. Third person POV uses pronouns like "he" and "she" and the narrator is not a participant. The document also discusses limited omniscient POV, dramatic POV, reliable vs unreliable narrators, stream of consciousness, interior monologue, and mixing POVs. It provides examples and concludes with writing tips to stick to one

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Reading

and Writing Fiction


Quarter 3
Week 9-10)
People may look at the same thing in different ways; sometimes, it
is because of their position and other times, it is because of the angle.
And more often than not, it is influenced by their emotions and
opinions towards the object. As writers, you try and inhabit these
different points of view because you try and encompass as many of
them as you can in your writing. When you inhabit your characters,
not only you are creating new people, but you are also creating new
viewpoints with which to look at the world we live in.
Point of view is very important in telling a story. It refers to
the question who narrates the story, the vantage point from which
readers observe the events of the story, or the writer’s special
angle of vision, the one whose perspective is told.
Every story has a narrator, the teller of the story whose
eyes will be looking through as we read the story. It is through
his eyes that the events in the story unfold.
When we read, there is always a viewer or speaker between
us and the events that occur in a story. This meditation involves
FOCUS and VOICE. Focus functions like a CAMERA; it is the
frame from which characters, events, and other important details
are viewed, while voice refers to the words in which the story is
embodied.
Three categories of point of view (POV):
Three categories of point of view
(POV):
1. FIRST PERSON POINT OF VIEW
-the narrator is a participant in the
action. It uses the pronouns “I, me, my” and
variations thereof.
-the narrator characters retells the events of
the story
Example: A Rose for Emily by William
Faulkner
Three categories of point of view (POV):
2. SECOND PERSON POINT OF VIEW
-the narrator uses this to tell a story to
another character using the word “You.” It is
mostly told in future tense. It creates an effect
similar to conversational anecdotes. This is the
least-used perspective.
When writing from second per POV, the writer
has the narrator speaking to the reader. The
words “you”, ”your,” and “yours” are used from
this point of view.
Some common uses for second-person point of
view are directions, business writing, technical
writing, song lyrics, speeches, and advertising.
Three categories of point of view (POV):
3. THIRD PERSON POINT OF VIEW
-employs a nonparticipant narrator who can
usually move from place to place to describe
action and report dialogue. The author takes on
the role of the narrator. All of the characters are
“He,” “she”, “he” and “they.”
Example: The kids were excited about their first
day of school. They were excited to meet their
teacher.
-A person is not involve in the actual events is
telling the story.
a. All-knowing or omniscient narrator- sees into the minds of
all characters, moving from one character to another when
there is need for it. He or she knows everything about the
characters, their past, their lives, their future, their innermost
thoughts and even go inside the heads of other characters to
express their thoughts, observations and feelings. Because the
author knows everything occasional comments or opinions
made by the narrator is called editorial omniscience, but if
the narrator comments directly on the action it is called
authorial intrusion which readers find meddlesome.
b. Limited omniscient POV – is also called
selective omniscience or central omniscience, a
term introduced by Henry James. In a limited
omniscient point of view, a major or minor character
is the sole viewpoint character in the story.
OTHER KEY TERMS
 
 Dramatic POV – is also called the objective point of view, the narrator simply reports the
dialogue and action like those in plays with minimal interpretation. The writer also does not
provide the readers what actually goes on in a character’s mind. The POV character is
like a “fly on a wall” who provides us with all the extreme details.
 Reliable narrator (refer to your textbook)
 Unreliable narrator – is a person whom we perceive as deceptive, naïve, ignorant, deluded or deranged or with impaired mental
processes and relates event in a distorted manner. Writers employ this to be faithful to uncertainty. One of the characters in
William Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying perfectly embodies an unreliable narrator since he is an idiot.
According to William Riggan, a German author, there are five kinds of unreliable narrators: These can be read in your
textbook on page 170.
o The Picaro
o The Madman
o The Clown
o The Naif
o The Liar
 Stream of consciousness – is a narrative technique intended
to render the flow of myriad impressions – visual, auditory,
physical, associative, and subliminal, as they occur in the
narrator’s mind, and not in smooth, sequential, or flowing
way.
 Interior Monologue – is a device used by the writers to
make the character speak out loud like delivering a speech for
the readers to overhear.
 Multiple Points of View- in this POV, the readers take turns
looking through the eyes of two or more characters. There are
also occasions when a writer mixes the first person POV and
the third person POV.
Note: Take a look and read at the chart on page 169 of the CW textbook to weigh the advantages and
disadvantages of each point of view.

Writing Tips:
Whatever point of view you have chosen for your story, keep in mind the following to help you
handle POV effectively:
1. Stick with your POV. A shift in the POV can weaken the impact of the scene. In other words BE
CONSISTENT.
2. The thoughts of the character and the way he speaks must echo the same tone, attitude and
vocabulary.
3. “Show, don’t tell” is a general rule that every writer must remember, If your character is in love
with someone, do not say “John fell in love with Cathy” or …. and they fell in love!” It is best to
write suggestive dialogue or make the character express his love through action.
 
Activity # 2: Write A Scene! (Week 10)
From the list below, choose two characters, a setting, and a situation. Then develop a SCENE composed of dialogues.
Write your dialogue on a short bond paper. Use your own handwriting.

 A student failing in many subjects


 A middle aged woman who is in love with a man in his twenties
 A man who doesn’t believe in God
 A rebellious teenager
 An alien disguised as a human being
 A bored store manager
 A handsome man who wants to become an actor lying for a long time.
 At the train station like LRT or MRT
 Outside a church on a Sunday morning
 In a crowded mall
 In a park on a rainy day
 In a posh restaurant
 In a sports arena where people are screaming for their favourite team.

:
 Character A has discovered Character B’s deep dark secret.
 The two characters see each other many years.
 Character A discovers that Character B has been lying for a long time.
Don’t forget-no one else sees the world
the way you do, so no one else can tell
the stories that you have to tell.
-Charles de Lint

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