Which Novel POV (Perspective) Is Right for Your Story?

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Here's how to pick the right point of view for your novel. Picking the right POV for your novel can be tricky. Using a certain perspective can make it harder to write, and make your novel more or less appealing to readers.

In this video, I go through the benefits of each novel perspective and the disadvantages to each point of view as well.

There's also examples of good first person, second person and third person writing as well, maybe you've read some of the examples I talk about.

While some perspectives are arguably better than others for different kinds of novels, ultimately what you find the easiest to write and what feels natural to you, should be your guide.

There aren't really any rules for what perspective you should use, and what point of view you want to go with depends on your story. In this video I also talk about how to figure that out for your novel.

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THE SLIDES ALL SAY 'FIRST PERSON' BUT IT SHOULD BE FIRST, SECOND, THIRD. Did a great job editing this, clearly....

KierenWestwoodWriting
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As soon as I studied the idea for my novel, I knew exactly what perspective I was going to write in. First person, of course!

KinderSnatcher
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I started a story that is a mix of 1st and 2nd person. There are two main characters the story is mostly told through the eyes of one of them which uses 1st person, but when it's talking about the second character it uses 2nd person.

MageGrayWolf
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'If On A Winter's Night A Traveller' is such a beautiful book written in second person. I picked it up just cause the title intrigued me, and I'm so glad I did. The author pretty much nailed the second person pov.

riverraines
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I write A LOT in second person. It's probably my favourite. Much easier in short fiction. And The Book Thief is most definitely a fabulous book!

laurabesley
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I've got a soft spot for 1st but I've also combined the two where different chapters from other POV are in third.

JoeyPaulOnline
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My favorite novel told in 2d person was the Night Circus 🎪! I felt like a spectator watching wonderful performances on a magical stage.
Thank you 🙏🏻

arzumardalieva
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I have a series with multiple POVs, usually told in a middle distance Third Person. But this story includes flashbacks and Visions (epic fantasy), which I use to dip into First or even Second Person for more intimacy. It also helps the reader identify scenes that are outside the main timeline. I was afraid readers might find that weird, but apparently not, as long as it’s consistent in the book. Some readers don’t consciously notice it; others catch it.

taramayastales
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I used second person extensively when writing reader x character fanfics back in highschool to great success on Wattpad

kaburnicas
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I would like to write one character in first person and the other characters in third person

SuperWorldwide
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LOVE your channel Keiren. I'm learning so much. Almost finished with my novel. What about mixing Third person and First person? I have parts where she's writing in her travel diary. Inner monologues in part. It seems to work and give it an interesting layer.

tracypattin
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I'm writing in first person since I tend to go ham with the purple in 3rd person.

MrNoucfeanor
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Hi, Very informative vid again, thanks. How do you write dialogue between different characters and switch scenes, using third person POV and an all knowing narrator?

corkandi
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This seems like a nice channel I often don’t like writing channels because they often stink of failure and overcompensation. Maybe what I don’t like is it’s people who talk about writing even though they they don’t even 100% believe that they are in fact a writer? Anyways so far you have 100% tricked me that you 100% believe that you are 100% of a writer so I definitely have something to learn from you.

JustinMBailey
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Thank you so much this is really helpful

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I've written in 1st and 3rd before and kind of waffle between what I like best. Sometimes it seems obvious which perspective a particular book should be written from and other times I can't seem to pick. I have tried writing a scene in one POV and then editing it into another POV just to see which one reads more naturally and sometimes that helps.

MeredithPhillipsWrites
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I writing in first person and making the voice strong! Have also done close 3rd but I do think first is easier for me if I want to dig deeply into their emotions. I don’t know if I really have a preference - it definitely depends on what the book calls for!

NicoleWilbur
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Would it be weird to write in 3rd person but have a few chapters in 1st?🧐

savannah
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I think that the second person pov is mainly used in fanfics. I have used it a lot, but first pov is one of my favorites it makes me feel the emotions of the character and see through their eyes, while third pov is a little hard to write beceae there re a lot of details

moontotherain
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I desire to write from a 1st person pov but im struggling so bad with being discriptive

Leon.siibird