Types of narration and POV play a crucial role in your story’s overall dramatic effect.
What is a narrator?
The narrator is the character whose point of view frames the entire story.
Here is a handy infographic explaining 6 kinds of narrator. When you’re finished reading, try the The Now Novel ideas finder – it will help you plan your narrator and other characters.
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70 replies on “Types of narration infographic – 6 narrative POVs”
hi i’m writing a book but i am having trouble its a horror story i just wanted to ask for tips or thing i should do
Hi Lestat, thanks for asking. We have an article here on horror that has tips: https://www.nownovel.com/blog/how-to-write-horror-story-tips/
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Hi WolfiChu, what would you like help with?
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Im making a story with more than one narrator, and im worried the readers might get confused. How should i make it clear whos narrating?
Hi there,
Thank you for asking. One way to ensure clarity would be to have a new chapter or scene break each time the narrator switches and put their name as a heading. This way it is immediately clear to the reader who is telling the story. Faulkner does this in As I Lay Dying which has 15 narrators in total.
Thank you! This was very helpful!
It’s a pleasure, Lindsay. I’m glad to hear that! Thank you for reading our articles.
This was very helpful, coupling this information with this short video I’ve linked below really helped me with analysing “Neon Genesis Evangelion”, Thanks!
Hi I am trying to learn about narrating and I cant pass the test do you know anything helpful I can use
Hi there, what aspect of narrating is/was your test on? It’s quite a broad subject!
I mean Point of veiw