Point of View
As all savvy readers know, books are written from a point of view, or POV. In romance fiction character POV comes in three main varieties: first person, third person, and omniscient.
First Person POV reads like this: As I rested my hand on the window glass, a man’s hand appeared opposite mine fingertip to fingertip.
Third Person POV reads like this: She grabbed the window to steady herself. Fingertips matched to her fingertips a hand took shape on the other side of the glass.
Omniscient POV reads like this: Olivia grabbed the window to steady herself. An unlikely choice to steady oneself you might say and yet, she stood there, hand on the glass watching as fingertips matched to her fingertips took shape on the other side of the glass.
There are many examples of third person narratives, most of the books I find to read are in third person. First person is also very popular. Jody Hedlund’s Knight’s of the Brethren Series is first person.
Omniscient POV is the most rare, although it is by no means absent, from the romance genre. A great example is Sheri Cobb South’s Weaver Series. The four books are all told in omniscient POV as well as her acclaimed John Pickett Series. They are excellently done.
All in all my favorite is third person. Which is why I write in third person. My new release, Rita, is the final installment of the Yorktown Christmas Time Travel novella series released this week. It has two character points of view, Rita and Josiah, and is written in the third person.
Do you have a favorite?
Here is a survey. Absolutely no information about you is gathered in this survey, just your answer to the question: Which point of view is your favorite?
