Question

Explain first person, second person, third person limited, and third person omniscient?

Answer 1

First Person:
First person is good for writing when the character is emotional, intellectual or it is good for your story to see what is going on inside their head. The reader can get very close to the protagonist (if the protagonist is the view-point-character), and usually readers enjoy that.

Answer 2

Second Person:
This view point is hardly EVER used and I would not recommend it at all. It is not pleasing to the readers and it is not what editors like to see. While you may think that it throws the reader directly into the story, it gets annoying. There are very little pros about this point of view, mostly cons.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

Third Person Limited:
This is also a good view point for getting to know your characters personally. This is good for, as I said before, revealing a secret at the end. Since you are not directly inside the character's head, the secret can be easily revealed by having the character tell someone about it, etc..

Answer 5

Omniscient:
This tends to be the favored view point by most authors. It gives the reader insight into all the characters' minds that you've created in this world of your novel. If you know what you're doing, the reader will feel as if they are part of this world too.

It is said that there are not many cons to this view point, but I believe that it gets confusing for some. If you are doing a scene where two characters kiss, it is hard to fit the emotions of both characters into one paragraph without confusing the reader.

Answer 6

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