WARNING: Italics are me promoting.
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There are three kinds of narration in writing/reading a piece.
1. First person narration
2. Second person narration
3. Third person narration
First person narration is when you read that one person's thoughts and insights. It is usually informal since the writer wants to make the charcter more realistic to the readers.
Finishing a story without switching point of view is really hard but it looks more mature and professional (this is why I admire writers who can actually do this _Isabelle_, greenwriter and CrayonChomper). The down side for the reader is they can't figure out what is the other characters are thinking and some sub plot is not entirely detailed. The latter is the main reason why most of the first person narration usually a part of a story series (like RainbowColoredMind's, xxakanexx and aLexisse_rOse's Stories).
To have better understand a story, a writer may write two or more point of view of characters for the story be more clear. With this technique, a reader may or may not foresee who will the main character will end up with—for romance, that is.
*Try to read Demophobia or just if you don't want to wait for updates, just see one of my one shots from Playlist Movie Imagines (Tracks 1-13, 15, 17) to get what I'm saying here.
Second person narration is when another character in the story is the one who tells the tale of the main character in the story. Most often in this type, the narrator is the main character's best friend. This is good because the readers are discovering about the main characters alongside this second character narrator. This narration technique is not usually used mainly because it's frustrating for the writers to elaborate some scenes. We should know sometimes, this narrator should miss out some of the happenings in the main character's life—one thing some writers hardly do. Which is very unrealistic because, admit it, one cannot know all about another person. I actually only have read one of this kind of story, Hate That I Love You (a JaeVon fanfiction in here, Blogger, by), and let me tell you, I loved it.
*Try to read Want U Back (16) or Baby, I Love You (20) from the Playlist Movie Imagines. Or Wedding Rings (Part 1 & 2) inside Random Sheets and you'll the the difference.
Third person narration happens when no character in the story narrates what's happening in the story. In simplier terms, it's not anyone's POV. The narrator just sees what happens to the characters (see TheCatWhoDoesntMeow).
To give you guys some tip, the first name mentioned (outside the quotation marks [""]) is whom the spotlight is on. That character's doings are narrated. Sometimes, in this kind of narration, we (the readers) don't know what the main charcter is thinking because what we read is just a narration of what they are doing, sometimes, what they have in mind is not written. This is usually done in a thriller, most often when the writer wants the reader to know what the culprit is doing but don't want to reveal his/her identity—because third person narration usually use pronouns in it.
*That's what I did to some of the tracks for my Playlist Movie Imagines, Take Me Along (14) and With Ur Love (19). Who's My Pretty Boy and Selfzoned has this writing style too. Foursome, which is a Tagalog book of mine is in this style, too.
I know it's embarrassing to promote my stories but, hey, I'm a Wattpad writer! And I need you guys to know the difference in writing styles. I tried to change this a bit because one reader asked me in one of my books, but I feel OC about having the same writing style in one story.
I hope this helps you to understand the story flow clearly when you read a third person narration!!!
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Kisses,
-Jill*
