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Today we're talking about one of the trickiest parts of writing a satirical monologue: Communicating your satirical point of view to your readers while being faithful to the character narrating your piece. After that, we’ve got a joint recommendation for one of our favorite pieces of comedy media of all time.

Balancing Satirical POV and Character POV

One of the most challenging things about writing a monologue that is narrated by a character that you're trying to satirize is figuring out how to stay true to that character’s point of view while also making sure the reader understands YOUR satirical point of view. We have a few tips for you, but first let’s define our terms.

By “satirical point of view” we mean the perspective that you, the writer, have about the person or thing you’re satirizing. When we say “character point of view” we’re talking about the opinions, perspective, and philosophy of the character or characters in your piece. If you’re writing a monologue that’s narrated by a character you disagree with and want to satirize, then your satirical point of view will be different from that character’s point of view.