Writer's Perspective

What is your writer's perspective? In other words, where are you going to place your "camera"? The vantage point from where your reader is going to watch the action-whose "head" will they be allowed to enter? There are several types of perspectives:

Third Person perspective-follows one specific character; story is told by an observer. Close third person-the "camera" is over the character's shoulder.(up close) Distant third person-is further away. You feel "connected" with this perspective and most books are written in this way.

Second Person perspective-is very rarely used and is not recommended when writing a novel. It uses the word "You", but it is harder for the reader to connect to the story using this perpective because it does not seem natural.

First Person perpective-you use "I" throughout the whole story with this perspective. It is the way you would write in your diary and the reader is the main character (narrator) and puts themselves in the main character's shoes.

As a writer, you have to pick one perspective to write from that you feel your readers will connect most with. The story you write and what type it is has a lot to do in deciding this. I prefer to use the third person perspective because it gives me more freedom to be in different character's heads, not just one.