Thread: Multiple points of view POVs - why do people get so agitated?
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Old 11-24-2010, 05:26 PM   #4
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Originally Posted by sportourer1 View Post
What is wrong with switching POV? Is this another example of dumbing down?
Do you mean switching POV within a scene (omniscient)? Or just in general?

I just finished reading 'Salem's Lot by Stephen King. It used a mostly omniscient viewpoint. Within a scene viewpoint could move from one character to another. Seemed to work. YMMV.

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