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How to Handle Point of View (POV)
Using the proper Point of View (POV) and staying consistent throughout your manuscript can be challenging for new authors. In this post, I will try to simplify the process and offer some suggestions on how you might handle the concept. We’ll start off with the basic definition: Point of View (POV) is the narrative voice through which you tell a story. Now, let’s take a quick look at the four primary narrative approaches for fiction: 1. First-person POV. In this approach, you tell your story from your protagonist’s perspective throughout – “I walked into the bar…,” “I saw her standing there alone…,” “When she walked by, I stood up to…