What’s Your Point? (of View)

Episode #10 – March 16, 2023

Welcome to episode 10 of the Writing on Caffeine podcast. My daughter (Ragan Franzone) and I (Jonathan Franzone) are a father and daughter who have decided to write our very first novel. In this podcast, we are inviting you to come along on this journey with us.

In this episode, Jonathan and Ragan discuss point of view in writing fiction. There are generally four points of view: first person, second person, third person (limited), and third person (omniscient). We also read excerpts from some books demonstrating these various viewpoints.

Excerpts From

• First-Person
  • The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
  • Anathem by Neal Stephenson
  • Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
• Second-Person
  • The Cave of Time by Edward Packard
  • The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
• Third-Person (Limited)
  • The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson
• Third-Person (Omniscient)
  • The Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis
  • The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

Resources

• Jonathan’s Author Blog
• Ragan’s Author Blog

Books We’re Reading

• [Ragan] The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson
• [Ragan] The Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
• [Ragan] The Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis
• [Jonathan] Atlas Shrugged by Aynd Rand
• [Jonathan] The Lost Metal by Brandon Sanderson
• [Jonathan] The Black Prism by Brent Weeks