#WritersWisdom -Rule 71- Establish Point of View Early

Writer’s Wisdom -Rule #71- Establish Point of View Early. “There are two basic points of view(POV): first person & third person. First person is ‘I’, and the plot reveals itself through the eyes, ears, and voice of the one it happened to, ‘me.’ Use third person to tell stories about other people. Some third person accounts follow just the main character. Others are like most films, wherein you witness scenes that happen among secondary characters too,  away from the protagonist. Whatever POV you select, make it clear from the  beginning. If there are multiple viewpoints, make a shift early on. In other  words, you can’t track just the protagonist for a hundred pages then suddenly introduce a scene without him.”  

Taken from The Writer’s Book of Wisdom - 101 Rules for Mastering Your Craft, by Steven Taylor Goldsberry, (http://www.amazon.com/The-Writers-Boo...)