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Q&A How to work in a piece of information that no MC knows, when writing in 3PLtd?

Remember that terms like "third person limited" are not meant to be jails. They are descriptive. If it works for your story to have one (or a handful) of scenes outside your protagonists' viewpoi...

posted 7y ago by Lauren Ipsum‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#2: Initial revision by (deleted user) · 2019-12-08T06:25:36Z (about 5 years ago)
Remember that terms like "third person limited" are not meant to be jails. They are descriptive.

If it works for your story to have one (or a handful) of scenes outside your protagonists' viewpoint, go right ahead and do it. No editor will break down your door with an giant eraser to make you change anything.

The Harry Potter series is told from Harry's POV, _except_ two opening chapters (books 1 and 6, IIRC) which are just third-person limited, focusing on other people. That doesn't negate the rest of the tale.

In terms of flow, you can present it as a short chapter, an interlude, a prologue, or some other form of break so the reader knows that the "camera" is moving outside what's been presented before, and this is something special happening at the same time somewhere else.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2017-05-04T14:35:34Z (over 7 years ago)
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