Pov for mg fiction

I'm confused. You asked about third-person limited. Is that what you meant to ask about? I only ask because it shouldn't take any effort at all to find examples of third-person limited. Just go to the nearest library or bookstore and start pulling books. You should find an example within the first couple of books pulled.

Third-person limited just means you're experiencing the thoughts/feelings/emotions of one character. You're seeing the story through their eyes.

I'm not sure what you're looking for, either. I would say third-person limited is the most common POV used in MG writing!

The last books I've read were:
ELEVEN by Patricia Reilly Giff
A DROWNED MAIDEN'S HAIR by Laura Amy Schlitz

I could list 100 more. So I'm thinking you're looking for something else?

Harry Potter.

Judy gave you some examples a few days ago in this thread: http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=174885

Third-person limited is not hard to find. It's the most popular, actually (in MG. There may be a more even split between 3d-limited and 1st person in YA). So, I think you're either looking for something other than third-person limited examples, or you're overcomplicating things somehow.

Smish said:

Third-person limited just means you're experiencing the thoughts/feelings/emotions of one character. You're seeing the story through their eyes.

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I've been working on figuring out the different uses of POVs. But I had a quick question. Say you're working with 3rd-person limited. How would you describe a scene without your MC in it? Say, if your MC is unconscious/asleep, or you have a "meanwhile" scene w/o your MC?

I'm thinking it might jolt the reader if you took another characters POV, and showed it from their eyes, as you'd be popping into different heads.

abctriplets said:

I've been working on figuring out the different uses of POVs. But I had a quick question. Say you're working with 3rd-person limited. How would you describe a scene without your MC in it? Say, if your MC is unconscious/asleep, or you have a "meanwhile" scene w/o your MC?

I'm thinking it might jolt the reader if you took another characters POV, and showed it from their eyes, as you'd be popping into different heads.

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You don't. I mean, if you're genuinely using 3rd-person limited, there is no scene without your MC in it.

Of course, there are variations. Jeff Stone's Five Ancestors series has one MC for each book, and almost all the chapters are in that character's 3rd-person POV. But there are a few chapters in each book that are told from the POV (still 3rd-person) from one of the villains.

Or you can do something like Toothpaste does in her books, where there's an omniscient narrator addressing the reader, but sticking most of the time to one character's POV.

But if you're sticking pretty closely to one character's POV, then you need a pretty good reason to insert a scene or chapter in someone else's POV.

Why the new thread? You got some answers on your first thread...