u/ToaNerd

What are your thoughts on third person omniscient POV?

I feel like the omniscient narrator has very much fallen out of fashion at some point, and I think that's a real shame. There are so many classics that use it, but I personally don't know of a single book written in the past twenty years to have a third person omniscient POV. Is there a cultural reason for this, why authors and/or readers seem to prefer books where the story is told exclusively through a single character's eyes?

Maybe I'm just off base and there are a ton of omniscient narrator novels out there, but I'm personally not seeing them anywhere. So I'm curious what everyone else's thoughts on the omniscient POV is

I'm just curious what the story behind other people's self inserts are, both in-universe and in real life. Like, what does this character do in the story, why did you choose that mask and build, how does the character resemble you most? Stuff like that. I've never had a self insert character but I think the idea is fascinating

You know how you can go on YouTube and find thousands of videos explaining the lore of LOTR, ASOIAF, Bionicle, Star Wars, etc? People obviously enjoy these videos cuz they get lots of views and interaction. So I'm just curious if anyone has ever made videos like these for their own story, rather than actually writing the story in a traditional book? For better or worse, we're moving into a post-literacy world, where people would rather watch videos than read books, so there might be success to be found in telling your story via lore videos instead of books.

Just to clarify, I'm not necessarily saying that we should all start doing this. I'm just curious if anyone has done it yet, and if anyone has thoughts on this possibility.

A couple of things go with this post. One, I've only successfully fasted for a full day a couple of times. Usually I cave and eat something about halfway through the day. Today I'll be trying to fast for the first time in a long time, and would appreciate prayer that I could actually do a full 24 hour fast.

Second, if anyone has anything they want me to pray about while I'm fasting, let me know. I'll be praying for my family mostly, but I'm open to praying for others as well if you have anything. God bless!