Story Plan Checklist: Point of View

[ladyseishou]

Nothing's beautiful from every point of view.

- Horace



So Nano Writer, what's your POV?

Now that you have a working title Nano Writer and you've decided (more or less) what kind of story you'll be writing, it's time to think about who's going to tell your story or as Ms. Wiesner writes:

Your best bet for deciding which character's viewpoint to use: In any scene, stick to the view of the character with the most at stake - the one with the most to lose or gain.

Still undecided about your point of view? Maybe the advice offered by these authors might help:

Two Heads Aren't Always Better Than One - Robert J. Sawyer

Point of View - Lisa Binion

Point of View - from the The Bald Truth About Writing blog site


A reminder! Entries for the Cover Up! contest should be submitted by Sunday, October 11.


Until tomorrow Nano Writer, keep writing!

Comments

[nightbird]

I really love the idea of writing a story so that the narrator only knows as much as any given POV protagonist, and shifting POV from chapter to chapter to build layers for the reader. I want to try that this year, so I guess that would make it... very close third person, multiple angle?

I must be in the minority: I love second person present tense when it's done right, and generally am allergic to first person.