4 Tips for Writing a Novel in Third Person

Settling on the right style of narrative voice can be a process of experimentation and elimination. The first-person point of view might seem fast-paced and intimate—until it becomes tiresome, or limiting. Second person point of view is a great way to help the reader insert themselves into the story, but it might not be right for a complex, full-length narrative. With a third-person narrator comes the option of omniscience, and a full field of vision. It allows you to pull on every last one of your writing skills to reveal every detail at just the right moment, to give the world of your novel immediacy and intrigue, and capture as many different points of view as you need to.