24 Dec Quick Reminder – Point of View
Posted at 22:37h
in Writing Tips
POV = Point of View
When you’re in a character’s POV, you know what he is saying and what he is thinking, feeling, planning, etc. If you are not in that character’s POV, you can only know what he outwardly expresses, either verbally, by action, or by nonverbal communication.
You can have others comment on things that have happened to a non-POV character or speculate on why he behaves a certain way, but you can’t have him remember, think, feel, or speculate without being in his point of view.