Point of View Once Again
Yes, I know I've written about POV before. Because I've been reading books with point-of-view problems, just thought I'd tackle the subject once more. One of the books with the problem is an old one of mine--long before I really understood what the phrase meant. And believe it or not, it was the first book of mine that was published. And yes, It was published by a New York publisher. If there was an editor, she wasn't paying much attention because I found other problems too. My book was published in 1982 and was an historical family saga. I'd been reading many romances and romance writers--at least at that time period--jumped from one person's point of view and into another and sometimes back again. What any writers wants to do is make it as easy as possible for the reader to follow the story. The POV character is the one from whom the story is coming. It should be he character who is most important, at least in that particular scene. The write...