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Third person omniscient and third person limited are analytical categories. They are terms you use if you want to dissect the use of POV in a piece. Don't take them for rules about what you have to...
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2020-01-03T20:41:51Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#3: Attribution notice added
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2019-12-08T05:47:42Z (about 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
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2019-12-08T05:47:42Z (about 5 years ago)
Third person omniscient and third person limited are analytical categories. They are terms you use if you want to dissect the use of POV in a piece. Don't take them for rules about what you have to do, and don't think you have to even be able to describe what you end up doing in those terms. The fact of the matter is that writers switch POV all the time, and that in many cases it is not clear what analytical category POV even belongs to. (Third person omniscient, for instance, can see everything that third person limited can, so it is not always clear which is being used unless the narrative clearly steps outside of limited.) Do what works for your story. If it seems natural to you and to readers it is fine, even if you can't categorize it exactly, and even if analysis says it is inconsistent.
#1: Imported from external source
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2016-12-13T03:41:25Z (about 8 years ago)
Original score: 9