Good morning, Diane from Milan, Italy, and my hotel getting ready to go. Get your plane to Prostina. Thank you so much for asking me questions about my novel on how I wrote Just a Girl. A novel that I published last June. The topic today is Point of View. You asked me, what point of view I chose to write the novel. So I have three points I want to talk to you about points about point of view. The first point is the definition of point of view. The second one is why I chose the point of view technique that I did. And the third one is the extra little technique that I added to help you understand. Well, first of all, let me give you the definition of point of view from Google. Now, if you don't know much about point of view and a lot of people don't, just Google it, point of view in fiction, and you can learn a lot about point of view. The point of view is the mode of narration and author employees to let the reader see here, see in here what takes place in the novel. It's really who is telling the story. Well, this is a story about Paula. Paula is the protagonist. It's a coming of age story. So she's evolving from a young child, innocent, sort of innocent young child. And she evolves over time to an adult and she learns and grows. So she comes of age. So first, let me talk to you about, let me tell you what it isn't. The point of view that I chose, how the narrator tells you the story is not omniscient. Now omniscient is all seeing. So when the narrator tells you about Paula, he or she doesn't matter. The narrator does not get into everyone's mind. So it's limited. When you read the story, the narrator allows you to know what Paula is thinking, not what Marco is thinking, not what her father or her mother is thinking, just you get into the mind of Paula. So I've chose third person limited, third person, and you will remember in your English class. First person is I, this is singular. Second person is you, third person is he, she or it. So it's third person. So the one, the narrator tells you about Paula. The narrator refers to Paula as she. She went to the movies. She went to the store. She went to meet Marco. So it's third person, but it's limited. So she will say, the narrator will say, Paula went to the store to buy some shoes. And that's not happening for this sake of this discussion. Paula went to the store and bought some shoes. And she thought, I don't want to spend too much money. She thought then she sees Marco and the shoe store. And she says to herself. So the narrator says, Paula saw Marco and she thought, gosh, I love his shoes. But we don't know what Marco's thinking. We only know what Paula's thinking. Now we may know a little bit about Marco and the way in which the narrator describes Marco. For example, there is a spot in the story where Paula and Marco are having breakfast. And Paula draws a part of her anatomy. You need to read that part. And Marco drops his fork and his plate suddenly. He just, Paula, Marco dropped his fork in the plate. Now we don't know what he's thinking really, but there's a clue. It's kind of shocked. Again, third person limited. And I chose third person limited because I wanted you, I wanted the narrator to show you what Paula is thinking because as I mentioned at the beginning of this novel, it's a coming of age novel to advance the story. I need, the reader needs to understand what's happening in Paula's mind because that's the her evolution. So that's why I chose third person. And it's not from Paula's perspective. It's not Paula doesn't say I went into the store. It's Paula. She went into the store. So third person limited. It advances the story because you get into Paula's mind, but you don't get into Marco's mind. You don't get into Michael's mind. You don't get into Susan's mind. You don't get into anybody else's mind. And that creates a mystery. Create an intrigue. Creates, you know, the reader trying to figure things out. So I want to keep you involved. Third person limited. The other technique that I used and a lot of authors use this is the narrator may say Paula went to the store and she saw Marco and he was wearing those new shoes. And then an italics. And the next paragraph, there is internal dialogue. Paula's internal dialogue. So it's in italics. And so she may say, I love the way he dresses. I love those shoes. You can tell a lot about him and the way in which he takes care of his shoes. So if you understand, their person narrative, Paula, she went in the store and she thought, gee, I love those shoes. But then her in her dialogue will say, wow, I really, I Paula, I internal dialogue. This is I really love a man who takes care of his shoes. All right, point of view is how the story is told by the narrator. You have lots of options in point of view. And you want to know more about that. I suggest you Google it and you can find out it anywhere. I chose their person narrative because I wanted the reader to understand what Paula was thinking. And I also wanted some mystery about what other people were thinking and the little hook there, the little technique of the end where you get Paula's internal dialogue makes it perfectly clear what she's thinking. And you can, you can, that's something she may not say a lot to people. Thank you so much. This is Diane signing off. And I hope to see you the next time. And I hope you like this video. If you do like it, like it, please subscribe. Please, if you haven't purchased the book, purchase the book, if you're so inclined. And please share. Thank you so much. Have a great day. I'm off to Pristina. Bye bye.