Differences between Objective and Omniscient viewpoint (Part 1)
Walking before running, crawling before walking.
The most distant type of narrative viewpoint is called objective. It is a true camera-eye point of view and many people (including myself) group it with omniscient because they are both outside-in. But whereas omniscient is at arm’s length, objective is farther still. It is, metaphorically, at room’s length.
So why don’t we distinguish between the two? W…
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