Point-Of-View for Beginners, Part 1

Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about point of view (or POV as you will often see it abbreviated).  I was recently asked to write a book in a point of view that is not my usual (first person rather than third) and it has been a challenge, but also made me hyper conscious of the pros and cons of various styles of point of view.   

We’ve had pieces here about deep third POV & challenging POV, but I wanted to take it back to the basics today and look at what kinds of POV there are and how they i...