{"id":9890,"date":"2014-01-16T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-01-16T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/?p=9890"},"modified":"2014-01-16T17:11:15","modified_gmt":"2014-01-17T01:11:15","slug":"building-empathy-point-view-kay-keppler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/16\/building-empathy-point-view-kay-keppler\/","title":{"rendered":"Building Empathy With Point of View by Kay Keppler"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Gargoyle by Beth Barany, Kay Keppler and Patricia Simpson\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/15wJHcQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/15wJHcQ\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-9150\" style=\"margin: 6px;\" title=\"Gargoyle by Beth Barany, Kay Keppler and Patricia Simpson\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Gargoyle_cover_Barany-Keppler-Simpson_1400x2256-186x300.jpg\" width=\"186\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Gargoyle_cover_Barany-Keppler-Simpson_1400x2256-186x300.jpg 186w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Gargoyle_cover_Barany-Keppler-Simpson_1400x2256-635x1024.jpg 635w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Gargoyle_cover_Barany-Keppler-Simpson_1400x2256.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 186px) 100vw, 186px\" \/><\/a>Let\u2019s welcome back Kay Keppler for another month with Writer\u2019s Fun Zone! In today\u2019s article, Kay discusses how to build empathy with point of view. Enjoy!<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p>Point of view is complicated. Everybody knows the basic rules \u2014 \u201cno head hopping\u201d is probably the one most beginning writers are warned about. (For example, in \u201cJoe didn&#8217;t feel mad about the name-calling, but when he glanced at the amused bartender, he saw red,\u201d you can see that Joe can\u2019t really know if the bartender is amused.) Point of view shapes the relationship among writer, characters, and reader, and it\u2019s defined and expressed in terms of person, omniscience, narrative voice, tone, authorial distance, and reliability.<\/p>\n<p><b>Think of it as \u201cvantage point\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Point of view is about who is standing where to watch the scene \u2014 but that\u2019s not enough. Thinking about point of view raises other questions.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Who speaks?<\/b> The author or a character?<\/li>\n<li><b>To whom? <\/b>The reader? Another character? The self?<\/li>\n<li><b>In what form?<\/b> Story, monologue, letter, journal, interior monologue, stream of consciousness, other?<\/li>\n<li><b>At what distance from the action?<\/b> Complete identification, or complete opposition?<\/li>\n<li><b>With what limitations?<\/b> Believable narrator (or author), or unreliable narrator (or author)?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Let\u2019s just look at the first question: Who speaks? That could be the author in second or third person, or a character. The character in first person could be a central narrator or a peripheral narrator. The author in second person could be you as character, or you as the reader turned character. Or the author in third person could be speaking in editorial omniscience, limited omniscience, or objective voice.<\/p>\n<p><b>One character or many characters<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Confusing, right? And if you have four characters in a scene, for example, you could write the scene from the point of view of any of them.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s say you\u2019re writing a prodigal son story. Your four characters are the executive father who doesn&#8217;t have time for his kids, his wife who sacrifices her desires for her family, the elder son just released from prison on drug charges who needs a place to stay, and the younger boy, an honors student. How would the scene change depending on which character told the story? To keep your story on keel, you need to know where you want it to go, and you have to decide whom you want your reader to empathize with.<\/p>\n<p>You might want to decide to pick a character \u2014 your protagonist \u2014 and stick with that person\u2019s point of view throughout your book. The goal is to make your readers identify with him or her. Giving all your characters space on the page is handier in terms of exposition, but doing that can make your story sprawl and lose tension. However you decide to write your story, maintaining disciple with point of view is crucial to keeping your story on track.<\/p>\n<p><b>Build empathy<\/b><\/p>\n<p>To paraphrase Robert McKee, the more time readers spend with a character, the more opportunity they have to witness his or her choices. The result is more empathy and emotional involvement between your readers and your character.<\/p>\n<p>All these considerations go into the determination of the point of view. Choose wisely! Your story \u2014 and the lives of your characters \u2014 depend on it.<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Author Kay Keppler\" href=\"www.kaykeppler.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"www.kaykeppler.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-9691\" style=\"margin: 6px;\" title=\"Author Kay Keppler\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Kay-Keppler_31.jpg\" width=\"151\" height=\"218\" \/><\/a>Kay Keppler\u00a0(<a title=\"Author and editor, Kay Keppler\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kaykeppler.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.kaykeppler.com<\/a>) is an author (<em><a title=\"Zero Gravity Outcasts\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/S0TqmA\" target=\"_blank\">Zero Gravity Outcasts<\/a><\/em>,\u00a0<em><a title=\"Betting on Hope\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B005ISCTW6\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B005ISCTW6&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=bethbaracreac-20\" target=\"_blank\">Betting on Hope<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"Gargoyle: Three Enchanting Romance Novellas by Beth Barany (Author), Kay Keppler (Author), Patricia Simpson (Author)\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/3gargoyle\" target=\"_blank\">Gargoyle: Three Enchanting Romance Novellas<\/a><\/em>) and editor of fiction and nonfiction (<em><a title=\"Angel's Kiss\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B008PYM99I\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B008PYM99I&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=bethbaracreac-20\" target=\"_blank\">Angel\u2019s Kiss<\/a>, Outsource It!<\/em>) who lives in northern California. Contact her here or at\u00a0<a title=\"Email Kay Keppler\" href=\"kaykeppler@yahoo.com\" target=\"_blank\">kaykeppler@yahoo.com<\/a>\u00a0to ask questions, suggest topics, or if you prefer, complain.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Point of view shapes the relationship among writer, characters, and reader, and it\u2019s defined and expressed in terms of person, omniscience, narrative voice, tone, authorial distance, and 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