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What is objective omniscient?

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[Correction of first answer: omniscient is "all-knowing"; omnipotent is "all-powerful"]

Objective omniscient means the story is told in third-person, and the narrator knows everything, including characters' thoughts. The narrator often also has information unknown to the characters.

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