Tense and point of view: Part Five

In this final part of our look at the Building Block of Tense and Point of View, we are going to examine the remaining variations of Third Person. Let us remind ourselves, firstly, what Point of View is in terms of Creative Writing. The Point of View refers to from whose point of view the story is being told. In First Person, this is literally through whose eyes the story is being told from someone inside the story, whereas Third Person refers to a point of view from outside the story. This Third Person point of view is not the same as the subjective point of view inherent in First Person. Third Person can sometimes lay open the point of view of the author, though more often than not it is a neutral point of view.