The Guide Book on Writing FanFiction

Points of View (P.O.V.)

For those who are new to writing there three types of points of view. Third Person, First Person, and Second Person. When you are writing your story, you need to consider the point of view. This section will help you to determine how the story should be told. You can't write a story without a point of view just not possible. Let's take a look about the different points of view.

Third Person

Third person is basically a narrator that is invisible and not a character in the story, and it serves the reader by showing the feelings and inner thoughts of the characters by describing the actions and interactions of the characters. Here's an example of a third person.

Example # 1 (Humanity's Keyblade Wielder)

"Just like that last time, in Hollow Bastion." Leon chuckled, Cloud groaned.

"Is it too much for you?" Cloud look back, Leon smirked.

"Nah, this is better than the last." Leon said,

"Well, if it's getting tough then I'll be the one to take care of it." Cloud said,

"That's supposed to be my line." Leon said, then they both start attacking their enemies.

Noct along with Gladio, Prompto and Mikasa were all fighting together. Mikasa was being very reckless at attacking a group of heartless when she didn't spot another heartless behind her.

"Watch out!" Prompto warns Mikasa, she looks back then a blade strikes her attack. Noct warps to the blade.

"Don't be reckless." Noct glared at her.

"S-sorry," Mikasa said, softly. Noct chuckled at her.

"Don't worry we've got your back." Noct turns his back towards her.

"Just, don't get to cocky," Gladio stands right next to her.

"Right," Mikasa nodded in agreement.

Then the four of them started attack the heartless again. Nine and Eight were helping out Hanji along with her squad. Though Hanji's team were attacking the heartless staying in a group. But as for Hanji she went crazy attacking the heartless that made Nine and Eight worried.

"Hey! You crazy woman stay with us!" Nine shouted,

"Hehehehehe..." Hanji starts laughing madly.

"Squad Commander! Please don't do anything crazy now!" Moblit shouted,

"I've never felt this good ever!!" Hanji attacks the heartless madly with her blades.

"She's lost it." Eight clicked his tongue.

So as you read the example you can see that there are a lot of past tense. Such as were, saw, went, and so on. There are several variations of third-person view is used. One it's limited, because the narrator is telling the story like as if he was following the actions of the main character and describing it. Which there is nothing wrong with that but, it's limited to what the character could observe.

The narrator can shift focusing on other characters with complete knowledge of everyone's thoughts and events that no single character would know. And the narrator in third-person party shows only what is actually happening without the filter of the main character's personality. 

In my own opinion, I use third person party to help me describe on battle scenes. Because it give me the freedom to describe how the battle is. I rarely use it in the whole book, because I can easily turn away from the main character in the whole story.