Understanding POV is essential, or ought to be.
About Arthur Herzog
Arthur Herzog IIIwas an American novelist, non-fiction writer, and journalist, well known for his works of science fiction and true crime books. He was the son of songwriter Arthur Herzog, Jr.
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But whatever the POV, and the difficulty of forcing the action into a particular frame, stay within it.
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Vesco was always on the trail in search of money.
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The main advantage of the omniscient approach is that it’s the easiest to handle. That’s the major reason so many writers select it.
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The universal narrator knows all and can enter a character’s head any time he chooses.
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It’s also possible to have two third person singular points of view, as represented by two characters through whose eyes the story is told in alternating chapters, say.
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Understanding POV is essential, or ought to be.
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To fake it is to stand guard over emptiness.
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But if two’s company, three’s a crowd – and that demands the omniscient point of view.
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