Let’s say you are Professor Charles Xavier—you can hear thoughts, read minds, understand motivations, and foresee actions.You are at a dinner party, quietly observing the guests. You know what everyone at the table is thinking. You know who is faking a laugh, who is secretly seething, who wants to hog the delicious food but is being polite, who is nervous, who is secretly exchanging glances, who is going to do what after the dinner, who is harboring a terrible secret, and what that secret is. Do you understand the power? Now, that is the power a third-person omniscient narrator has.The stark difference between limited-perspective narration and third-person omniscient narration is that the former is tethered to a single character’s mind while the latter is linked with all the characters and can take readers anywhere in the story. But how does it do it? And what are the motivations behind choosing this narrative over others? Let’s find out.Third-Person Omniscient Narrative—DefinitionA third-person omniscient narrative is a storytelling approach where the narrator exists outside the story and has access to the thoughts, feelings, motivations, fears, prejudices, and experiences of all characters and has knowledge of all events. This narrator can delve into the psyche of any character and understand what is happening in different places and times.This style of narration enables the storyteller to share deep insights into the characters’ minds, provide commentary, and disclose information that the characters themselves may not know. It fosters a sense of objectivity and authority, as the...
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