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Focus. Point of View . Terence Kuch Arlington (Virginia) Writers Group December 11, 2013. Outline of Presentation 1. What is POV? Looking From / Looking At 2. Points of View in Fiction: The Standard Account 2.1 Levels of POV in Fiction 2.2 Single POV

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  1. Focus

  2. Point of View Terence Kuch Arlington (Virginia) Writers Group December 11, 2013

  3. Outline of Presentation 1. What is POV? Looking From / Looking At 2. Points of View in Fiction: The Standard Account 2.1 Levels of POV in Fiction 2.2 Single POV 2.3 Limited POV 2.4 Omniscient POV 3. “Objective” Style and Mind-Reading 4. Interactions of POV / Person / Tense 5. “Rules” and Practices > continued <

  4. Outline of Presentation >continued< 6. The POV Character v. The Protagonist 7. Choosing a Point of View 8. Character and POV 9. Additional Topics 9.1 Aesthetic Distance 9.2 Reliable and Unreliable Narrators Exercises (optional) Selected Quotations (.doc only)

  5. 1 What is POV? Looking From / Looking At “How the story is told” “Method and perspective” But we need to be more specific than that …

  6. Think of Yourself a Camera But with sometimes faulty perception With a personality With a predisposition to see some things and not others, and in certain ways With a goal of telling a certain story, a certain kind of story And with a point of view. Where is the point of view (looking from / looking to) in ……….

  7. 2 Points of View in Fiction: The Standard Account .. Single POV .. Limited POV .. Omniscient POV

  8. Human Beings in General Actual Readers The Individual Who Writes, Sometimes The Writer’s Ideal Reader The Writer When He’s ‘Being a Writer’ Levels of Points of View The Narrator Inside the Story The Writer Writing a Specific Piece The Narrative Voice of the Piece

  9. 3 The ‘Objective’ Style - What it is; How to Use It“Rob looked at his wife. ‘She’s so unhappy,’ he thought. He wondered what to say.” How could this be effectively written in the ‘Objective’ style? The ‘Objective’ style can be effective:“Maude gave Jimmy a big smile and hugged him. ‘I love you,’ she said.” But this kind of narrative is possible within an overall mind-reading style, too.

  10. 5 ‘Rules’ And PracticesWhat readers expect What editors expect Breaking a ‘rule’

  11. 6 The POV Character v The ProtagonistPOV is the ProtagonistPOV is a “Buddy” of the ProtagonistPOV is Some Other CharacterPOV is an Impersonal Narrator Not Present in the Story’s ActionPOV is an Intrusive External Narrator; Is a Voice in the Story

  12. 7 Choosing A Point Of ViewWhat you want your story to accomplishWhat depth of character you want to portrayHow you want to present your charactersHow each major character relates to the othersWhat POV is best suited to the plotAre there two main characters pitted against each other?AND many other considerations

  13. 8 Character And Point Of ViewIn Single, Limited, OmniscientIn ‘Objective’ Style

  14. 9 Additional TopicsAesthetic DistanceReliable and Unreliable Narrators

  15. 10 Exercises (optional) – see .doc file11 Appendix: Selected Quotations – see .doc file:

  16. The End (from my point of view, anyway)

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