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Mastering Perspectives in Writing

Explore various points of view in writing, from 1st and 3rd person to limited and omniscient perspectives. Learn about the concept of breaking the fourth wall and the challenges of different narrative voices. Engage in perspective challenges and sharpen your storytelling skills.

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Mastering Perspectives in Writing

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  1. Topic 2: Perspective and POV Tangent: The Powerpoint

  2. You Know What Perspective Is • Ex: Two characters, a bubbleheaded romantic and a cynical snarker, watching the same movie. • “Aaah, I can’t handle the way he looks at her! If someone looked at me like that in real life I think I’d just die. His eyes are just so intense and deep and gorgeous and THIS IS THE BEST MOVIE EVER.” • “If they have one more dramatic staring session, I’m going to kill everyone in this theater.”

  3. You Also Know What POV Is • 1st Person: I, Me, My • Good for character-driven pieces with either 1 narrator (or a few very different ones). • 2nd Person: You • Don’t use second person – it’s hard to write, and anthologies and contests generally don’t allow it

  4. Limited or Omniscient? • 3rd Person: He/She, Him/Her, They, and so on • Good for stories that require numerous points of view • 3rd Person Limited: • Focuses on the thoughts and narration of one person at a time. 1st person that more easily allows more than one protagonist. • 3rd Person Omniscient: • Focuses on everyone’s thoughts at once, or tells the story from a faceless narrator’s point of view.

  5. Bonus: Snicket Narration • The Fourth Wall • Most likely named for either stage plays or television, the fourth wall is another name for the TV screen/stage front that separates the audience and the story from each other. • The fourth wall is “broken” when a character within a work is shown to be aware of the audience, or simply that they are fictional. • A narrator who may have a distinct personality and/or addresses the reader directly, but who is not a character themselves. • As the title of this slide suggests, Lemony Snicket was fond of this.

  6. The Perspective Challenges • Tackle the same scene from two different perspectives or points of view • 200-250 words each • Option 1: 1st Person and 3rd Person (Limited or Omniscient) • Option 1.5: 3rd Person Limited and 3rd Person Omniscient • Option 2: As seen by 2 different characters • Option 3: 2 different characters, but one of the narrators is lying.

  7. The Perspective Challenge: Cosine • Draw two versions of the same object: one good, one evil.

  8. Going Further • Take on more than one of the writing challenges. • Read something by Lemony Snicket. • Note: NO CLASS NEXT WEEK.

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