(July 21, 2016 at 8:08 pm)Rhythm Wrote: Third person limited is when the story is told from a "floating" pov that might recount conversations, the setting., etc. Third person omni knows what they are thinking...and also what the inanimate object in the next room stuffed in a box under the bed is doing. It knows everything about everything. It's probably the purest and most pronounced form of a decidedly fictional narrative pov. When the author uses it, no matter -what- they're talking about...they're making at least -some- of it up.
Ok... I was doing some research. What I found, is that the point of view of the narrator is not discussed as much concerning non-fiction, as it is fiction. I did find some that referenced third person omniscient non-fiction and called in the Journalist or professional point of view. Come to think about it, I've seen nature documentaries given in this point of view.
Other than the fact, that a human author cannot give first hand accounts from two distinct places at once, and therefore cannot both be first hand accounts (told in a third person narration) what is the reasoning behind your claim (that third person omnipresent is decidedly fictional? I am also curious to know what you mean by "no matter -what- they're talking about...they're making at least -some- of it up"? Why only some; why not all or none?
