Editor Betty Kelly Sargent answers writing questions submitted by readers. This month, she takes a look at the difference between point of view and perspective in fiction.

Now let’s go back and write the story from a different point of view, the first person. This means writing it as if Marcus is narrating his own story. I totally love all sports, tennis most of all.

“Third-person expressive writing might provide a constructive opportunity to make sense of what happened but from a safe distance that feels less immediate and threatening,” says Matthew ...