Look at Us: Point of View Changes Everything
Look at Us: Point of View Changes Everything
WRITING 761.14
Learn to identify and implement diverse points of view in your fiction and nonfiction storytelling of any length.
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What you can learn.
What you can learn.
Learn to apply different points of view to the same story for irresistible results
Identify each form of point of view used in narrative storytelling
Experiment with different points of view to understand how this affects the reader experience
Complete exercises that allow you to try your hand at various points of view
About This Course
It’s been said that we see the world not as it is but as we are. In this course, we will learn and apply different point of views to our works in progress, incorporating fresh POVs to fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry with exercises geared toward the collective voice, second person, first person, omniscient third person, and third person close as we share our work. Students will take away craft techniques to shape their writing, will try out different perspectives to find what is most (or more) effective, and be able to validate and articulate their choices while applying these POVs to their work.
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