B1: Playing with POV: The Short Walk

What am I doing? Not a Masters (NaM) Unit 2: Literary Tools & Techniques The Assignment Playing with POV – Take the same short story and rewrite it with three different POVs. Who is telling this story and where are they standing? 5 Principle Points of View (POV) In Chapter 7 of her book Steering the Craft: A Twenty-First-Century Guide to Sailing the Sea of Story, Ursula Le Guin writes about the different points of view and how authors can use them. Authors can influence readers, but authors are also not always reliable. We might be manipulating you on purpose or, if we’re not being careful, we might manipulate or confuse you with poor craft. If you’ve ever felt confused while reading, it might have been that the author inadvertently shifted the point of view on you. Part of creative writing is recognising such subtle shifts and working to use them only when necessary. Le Guin describes the five principle points of view, which I am paraphrasing here: First person vs Limited third…

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