Cealen
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i have been thinking and seeing differences in how 3rd person POV changes depending on the style. i’m not talking about present vs. past tense, but more limited vs omnipresent 3rd person POV. i think i have come up with a general idea of what i mean by this?
with limited, like in the writing world, it means you’re only seeing the story from the perspective of one person. in rp, this entails:
with limited, like in the writing world, it means you’re only seeing the story from the perspective of one person. in rp, this entails:
- character not knowing information until it revealed. (example: not referring to a character by name until your character is told it)
- the story is seen through a filter of the characters own views. (example: a character might misread a situation, even if not intended, and not see something the same thing another character does)
- goes much more into character’s thoughts. (example: you might see a characters thought process written out before they react to a situation.
- written like the character is affecting the narration. (example: an excitable character might have a lot of sentences ending in exclamations marks!!! while a blunt character doesn’t. or a indecisive character...maybe not sounding too sure in their own thoughts maybe...)
- knowing information that the character doesn’t, in reason, obviously. (example: referring to a character by name even if your character doesn’t know it yet)
- characters understand situations as they are written. (example: a character mentions how another character seems mad, your character will see that character as mad too)
- everything is written a lot more neutral, like i stated before. (example: you won’t see characters thought processes written out, you will just see how they are feeling)
- is written like it’s one part of the big picture. (example: instead of being just “in the moment” replies, where only the things that are happening right now are mentioned, things in the future are alluded to quite a bit more than a limited perspective)
- if doubling, both POVs would be included in one post, rather than be split up by changing perspectives with a divider.