Point of View

Talk about a home field advantage!

​A lot of your attitude comes from your point of view. We earthlings might think the above is just fine, but for residents of Alpha Centauri...well, not so much.

Did you ever have two friends who got divorced? If you talk to them separately you tend to get different stories. Way different! As though one of them was from Earth, and the other was from Alpha Centauri.

Next time you read fiction, if you get caught up in the story, you may not realize from which point of view the story is told. But you may want to step back for a second and think about it.

Moby Dick. First line, "Call me Ishmael."
Guess who the point of view character is?
If you guessed anybody other than Ishmael, you may want to guess again.
The story would have been different if it was told by Captain Ahab. 
Spoiler alert: It helps if the point of view character is alive at the end of the book.

So, potential science fiction author, you might want to write a story about the Miss Universe Pageant as told by a contestant who travels from Alpha Centauri to Earth to compete. 

Hey, that's a pretty good idea!

​Call me, maybe we can collaborate.