The Ultimate Guide to Tense & Point of View | Writing Tips

1st person? 2nd person? 3rd person? Omniscient? Present tense? Retrospective? What are all these things, how do you use them, and why am I so obsessed with point of view?

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TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - Intro
2:50 - The POV spectrum
4:44 - 1st person present tense
10:41 - 1st person past tense
15:00 - 2nd person
16:30 - 3rd person present tense
19:35 - 3rd person past tense
23:04 - Omniscient POV
24: 24 - Other POVs
24:59 - How to choose the POV of your story
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