POV
Posted by A. T. on Thursday, September 10, 2009
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By theretard5892
Chapter Thirteen: POV
POV stands for 'point of view.' There are three main points of view: First person, which is where the story is told from the point of view of one of the characters.
In first person, the pronoun used is 'I'. First person is told from the point of view of a character in the story.
I walked down the street and blablabla.
For first person, you should label it as '(insert name here)'s POV' at the top of the page.
Second person is the rarest POV. In second person, the pronoun used is 'you'. Second person is used in Choose your Own Adventure books and pretty much nowhere else. It's against the rules to use second person on FFnet.
It's also against the rules to post things filled with spelling and grammar errors without spell-checking it.
No one listens to the rules.
If you want a beautiful, wonderful, perfectly amazing (bragging is good for you, kids!) example of second person, read my story 'Choices'. And, like, review and stuff. Yeah. *smiles* (I'm so unprofessional about this...)
Anyways. On to third person, the most common POV!
The pronoun used in third person is '(s)he'. There are two types of third person: limited and omniscient.
In third person limited, the narrator (that would be you) has a limited amount of knowledge pertaining to the plot, events, characters, etc. A good example of third person limited is Harry Potter. Besides a couple flashback-style blurbs into Voldemort's daily life, it's all about Harry. Harry this, Harry that- oh look! Harry's taking a shower!
Anyways, J.K. Rowling only explains Harry's thoughts, not Ron's or Hermione's. The readers never get to see what's going on with other people, unless Harry happens to be listening in. Basically, the narrator only knows as much as the main character.
Third person omniscient, on the other hand, is the opposite. The narrator knows what's going on at any given place at any given time in the story. If Harry Potter was written in third person omniscient, we'd see what Dumbledore or Hermione or some other third person is doing and we'd be able to concentrate on other parts of the school when Harry's going to the bathroom.
If Fullmetal Alchemist were to be novelized (an idea that has been thought of fans, thus resulting in multiple- undoubtedly shitty- fanfics attempting to put the series into novel form. Pointless. Fullmetal Alchemist is NOTHING without pictures) it would be written in third person omniscient because it doesn't focus on just one character. In fact, every few pages, it focuses on a completely different place in the country.
If you still don't understand this, look up 'point of view' on Wikipedia. But, seriously? If you don't understand it, then you're an idiot. Really. Almost all of you are older than me. What would your teachers say if they knew you were learning grammar from a twelve-year-old with superior intellect? You'd get expelled for pure stupidity.
Bye for now!
-theretard5892
By theretard5892
Chapter Thirteen: POV
POV stands for 'point of view.' There are three main points of view: First person, which is where the story is told from the point of view of one of the characters.
In first person, the pronoun used is 'I'. First person is told from the point of view of a character in the story.
I walked down the street and blablabla.
For first person, you should label it as '(insert name here)'s POV' at the top of the page.
Second person is the rarest POV. In second person, the pronoun used is 'you'. Second person is used in Choose your Own Adventure books and pretty much nowhere else. It's against the rules to use second person on FFnet.
It's also against the rules to post things filled with spelling and grammar errors without spell-checking it.
No one listens to the rules.
If you want a beautiful, wonderful, perfectly amazing (bragging is good for you, kids!) example of second person, read my story 'Choices'. And, like, review and stuff. Yeah. *smiles* (I'm so unprofessional about this...)
Anyways. On to third person, the most common POV!
The pronoun used in third person is '(s)he'. There are two types of third person: limited and omniscient.
In third person limited, the narrator (that would be you) has a limited amount of knowledge pertaining to the plot, events, characters, etc. A good example of third person limited is Harry Potter. Besides a couple flashback-style blurbs into Voldemort's daily life, it's all about Harry. Harry this, Harry that- oh look! Harry's taking a shower!
Anyways, J.K. Rowling only explains Harry's thoughts, not Ron's or Hermione's. The readers never get to see what's going on with other people, unless Harry happens to be listening in. Basically, the narrator only knows as much as the main character.
Third person omniscient, on the other hand, is the opposite. The narrator knows what's going on at any given place at any given time in the story. If Harry Potter was written in third person omniscient, we'd see what Dumbledore or Hermione or some other third person is doing and we'd be able to concentrate on other parts of the school when Harry's going to the bathroom.
If Fullmetal Alchemist were to be novelized (an idea that has been thought of fans, thus resulting in multiple- undoubtedly shitty- fanfics attempting to put the series into novel form. Pointless. Fullmetal Alchemist is NOTHING without pictures) it would be written in third person omniscient because it doesn't focus on just one character. In fact, every few pages, it focuses on a completely different place in the country.
If you still don't understand this, look up 'point of view' on Wikipedia. But, seriously? If you don't understand it, then you're an idiot. Really. Almost all of you are older than me. What would your teachers say if they knew you were learning grammar from a twelve-year-old with superior intellect? You'd get expelled for pure stupidity.
Bye for now!
-theretard5892
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