Writing & The Ever-Changing “Rules Of Engagement”

I’ve been reading a range of novels recently, some contemporary, some from previous eras—as long ago as the 1970s and 1980s: oh, my!

One of the changes in the writing “rules of engagement” that has particularly struck me relates to point of view. It’s not just that a novel can be written in First Person or Third, or even “Closed” Third Person (that is, only one Point of View character, so as readers we only know what that character either knows or will admit to)—or even Second Person, or Thi...