 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. |
| But if two's company, three's a crowd - and that demands the omniscient point of view. |
| Understanding POV is essential, or ought to be. |
| 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. |
| But whatever the POV, and the difficulty of forcing the action into a particular frame, stay within it. |
| To fake it is to stand guard over emptiness. |
| Vesco was always on the trail in search of money. |
| The universal narrator knows all and can enter a character's head any time he chooses. |
