The Uses of Third Person Limited

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The Writing Excuses hosts continue their discussion of perspective, this time focusing on third person. Because this POV seems to be interpreted differently by many writers, they start by examining the complexities, intricacies, and beautiful constraints of third person limited. They address the various levels of interiority and proximity that characters are afforded, why this matters, and what it would look like in your own writing.