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Addressing A Parent In 3rd Person?
I'm revising a story that I originally wrote in 1st person. I'm rewriting it in 3rd person limited for various reasons, one of them being that it's a bit like A Song of Ice and Fire in the way of storytelling, with a certain character telling the story every chapter.
Two of the POV characters are brother and sister and they live with their mother. I keep switching up when I talk about their mother. Sometimes I'll say, "Her mother glared down at her." Other times I'll say, "Mom opened the door for him."
So, which one should I use? Because it's limited 3rd person, should I just say "Mom"?
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- ?Lv 79 years agoFavorite Answer
This depends on how omniscient or limited your third person is.
If the POV is limited to what one characters is perceiving, then "mom opened the door" can work.
But if your narrative is skipping around to other's minds, then you should step away from that familiarity.
