Deep POV
Close third that erases narrator filter. Thoughts feel like first person in "he/she."
Glossaries · POV & narration
Who tells the story and how close the reader feels.
Close third that erases narrator filter. Thoughts feel like first person in "he/she."
Narration uses "I", with tight access to one consciousness.
Third-person prose colored by a character's voice without explicit "I thought."
Shifting POV within a scene without clear signal. Often disorienting.
The telling consciousness, distinct from the author.
Narration that reports only observable action, with no interior access.