POV #1—Why Point of View Matters

One of the most significant factors in a reader’s experience of a story is the point of view from which it is told. That is, whose senses readers are going to be asked to experience the story through, whose head they’re going to be in, whose voice will dominate the conversation.

There are four basic points-of-view that, in a real sense, occupy points along a continuum of proximity to the major characters, the events in the story and the reader.

First person (I laughed, I cried, it became a part...