The Theory and Practice of Point of View

Harvard FAS

This workshop will be a semester-long study on how, where, and why a writer chooses to use a particular point of view. Taking the word “point” quite literally: Where do you stand in a story as a writer? How did you get in? Where is the reader in all of this? What is expected of that reader, and why does it matter? Point of view is the quantum physics of your novel, short story, or memoir. It’s not simply a fixed, objective or passive perspective. It can and ought to be a dynamic exploration…