A Little Perspective on POV

I’ve been editing a lot of fiction recently, and talking to a lot of other editors who work with fiction.

And so I’ve found myself developing a rather strong point of view aboutPOV.

A little background:

Point of View (POV) is the perspective from which a story is told. Generally speaking, it’s divided into three types: first person (where the narrator of the book is the primary character, and writes as “I” and “me” throughout); omniscient (where the narrator observes and describes the events...