: Re: What are ways to shade the narrator in alternating chapters of dual POV? I've heard advice that in an alternating third person limited POV, the narration alone should be enough to seat the

@Karen856

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The narrator will have a character, so the idea of a unified approach sounds like the right way to go here. However, the narrator will be following a particular character at a particular time, so will notice the things they notice - and even more so when narrating their thoughts and observations.

Following one character :

The day was bright, the sun throwing shadows of bare trees across the
pavement. David spotted someone's pet, the urban predator, advancing
slowly through undergrowth towards some unseen prey.

And another :

The day was bright, the sun throwing shadows of bare trees across the
pavement. John saw a cat.

In those examples the narrator's character comes out in the first sentence, while the character's character (if you see what I mean) is more prominent in the second. The reader will get to know the character through the narrator's observations of their behaviour and although the narrator will express themselves consistently, the things they choose to tell the reader about each character can help define them.

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