Tense and point of view: Part THREE

Before we continue our examination of First Person Point of View, I want to begin by restating a few takeaways from the last issue:

i) Movie Camera analogy

It can often help to write as if you are watching a moving of what you are writing. You are the Director, the script writer, the set designer, the dialogue coach. You are everything. In terms of Point of View, you are the Director choosing where to place the camera.

In First Person Point of View, the movie camera is placed inside the head of the chosen character, looking out through their eyes and deep into their soul.

ii) First Person is real