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Q&A Options for point of view in a story

At first I was going to tell my story told from my main character's point of view, but now I'm wondering if I should make it coming from the point of view of a third-person narrator. I wanted the...

2 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by M. McGarry‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T05:48:58Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/25601
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar M. McGarry‭ · 2019-12-08T05:48:58Z (almost 5 years ago)
At first I was going to tell my story told from my main character's point of view, but now I'm wondering if I should make it coming from the point of view of a third-person narrator.

I wanted the main character to display her thoughts and emotions to the reader, but I also wanted the reader to experience scenes with other characters without the main character knowing. The only way I can think to do this is to have it come from a third-person narrative point of view. What are my options?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2016-12-21T01:24:17Z (almost 8 years ago)
Original score: 3