Hop on over
to Amy Deardon's blog, the story template, and learn
a little about POV. Amy is in themiddle of judging a writing contest and she tells about some of the errors and misjudgments
she commonly sees in manuscripts.
Suprise! It is the POV the writer selected.
Amy likes the deep or penetrating third person POV, which I believe is also known as third person close.
The deep or penetrating POV allows the writer to bring the reader into the conflict at a deeper level.
Amy also takes a stab at omniscient POV, giving us two good reasons why it is not used. First, it is as shallow and boring as hell. You spend so much time in so many people's heads that you never get a chance to delve very deeply into any one person.
Secondly, omniscient POV also includes a lot of head hopping, which is confusing. In one sample paragraph she starts out in one character's head, switches to another, and then goes back to the original character. I can't keep up.
If you want to have a wider view of the action in your novel, stay away from omniscient POV and maybe go with multiple POVs, which includes its own challenges.
See ya’ later.
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