How many points of view are in a story?

Question

Im writting a story (which took two months to write because of all the stuff I had to do and I still think there are problems,) and I want to make it more interesting by adding points of view...but I dont know them! Please help.

Answer 1

Points of view depends on how you are narrating the story. Here are points of views/perspectives.

Singular:
I will read the book - 1st person
You will read the book - 2nd person
He/she/it will read the book - 3rd person

Plural
We will read the book - 1st person
You all will read the book - 2nd person
They will read the book - 3rd person.

Now, most stories are written in 3rd person (especially if you plan on being an omniscient narrator); especially fiction, but it is not limited to fiction.

Second person is normally used in non-fictional guides and with active sentences.

First person is normally used when telling your own story, non-fiction especially; then again, it is not limited.

There are three possible points of view in a story, be sure to be consistent.

Also be sure to write all of your characters' dialogue (if any) in a consistent verb tense (present, perfect, past, etc).

Good luck! I'll love to see your story!

Answer 2

By "point of view," do you mean which character is telling the story, or who the audience follows through the story? Most books have one point of view, and don't change. That is, if it's told in first person ("I walked into the store..."), it stays that way. The three points of view are first, second ("You walked into the store...") and third person ("She walked into the store...").
It gets more complicated from there, and sometimes stories change points of view. If you want to follow a lot of characters, you might try the most god-like point of view: third-person omniscient. Using that technique, you can follow more characters through your story, but sometimes that technique doesn't feel as intimate as first person or third-person limited, where you follow one character and narrate her thoughts.
Sometimes, to make a work feel intimate while following many characters, writers use first person, but have multiple characters narrate, usually in different chapters or in letter or diary form.
Finding the right point of view is difficult. I hope this helps a little.

Answer 3

read the tesserat (by the guy who wrote the Beach) - tonnes of points of view for the same event.

loads of ideas