I’ve received a variety of questions related to point-of-view (POV), so rather than answer each one individually, I’ve decided to compile a basic overview of the topic in three parts. A few of the questions include:
Should I select a POV and stick with it throughout an entire novel? Or can POV change from one chapter to the next?
I constantly see examples of successful authors changing POV, sometimes frequently and within chapters. Is there a definitive rule or a set of general guidelines on changing POV?
How does one handle a situation where information needs to be conveyed that the first-person narrator can’t possibly know?
Which POV is best?
What is head-hopping and why is it a bad thing?
Ah, the oh-so-complex and ever-controversial point-of-view (POV) discussion. Books have been written on this subject, so there’s no way I can fully cover the topic in a blog, not that I know everything there is to know about POV anyway. I broke this up into smaller ch…
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