The universal narrator knows all and can enter a character's head any time he chooses.
- Arthur Herzog
Character, Head, Enter, Narrator
But whatever the POV, and the difficulty of forcing the action into a particular frame, stay within it.
- Arthur Herzog
Difficulty, Within, Forcing, Frame
Understanding POV is essential, or ought to be.
- Arthur Herzog
Understanding, POV, Ought
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.
- Arthur Herzog
Through, Chapters, Also, Singular
But if two's company, three's a crowd - and that demands the omniscient point of view.
- Arthur Herzog
View, Point Of View, Crowd, Demands
Vesco was always on the trail in search of money.
- Arthur Herzog
Money, Search, Always, Trail
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.
- Arthur Herzog
Reason, Select, Advantage, Omniscient
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