The Four POVs in Writing

Everything You Need to Know: Pros, Cons, Tips, and Examples

Jen M
Fantasy Writing School
12 min readAug 2, 2021

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The angle you tell your story from will greatly influence its tone and the overall reading experience. For this reason, it’s important to choose the most suitable point of view for your narrative. The following guide — including pros, cons, tips, and examples — will help you determine which one to use.

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Jen M
Fantasy Writing School

A freelance writer, writer, artist, geek, hopeless (and hopeful) romantic, and over-thinker.