Point of View (POV) #3: Five Elements
Great writing advice for writers on POV. Just sharing.
by Stephen Geez
If you missed part two, find it here: “Point of View (POV) #2: Structuring.”
The kinds of POV information you might choose to convey generally fall into five overlapping elements. Immersing readers in a character’s POV is way more effective when you look at most or all of these elements:
Five Elements of POV
1:The Senses: Consider all five senses, plus extra senses as needed—balance, intuition, ESP, whatever—and pay particular attention to camera angle. What does the POV character see, hear, smell, taste, and feel? The highest priority is sight, the sense we rely on most to orient ourselves in our environments. Hearing fills the next-most important role in most scenes, except that startling or otherwise attention-grabbing sound might eclipse visuals. The lower priorities are smell, taste, and feeling. Unless any kind of unusual or important odor catches the character’s attention, readers will default to their…
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