So, a friend of mine just blitzed through the entire HP series and myself and some other friends sat around until 3am dissecting parts of it. One aspect that came up was POV. I figured we could perahaps talk about it here - sorry if this topic has been done to death.
POV: What's your favorite? Strenghts and weaknesses?
To spur the topic a bit, I suppose, I tend to write in either third person limited or third person omniscient.
For third person omniscient, I like the freedom to show a lot of action and develop a lot of characters. You can get a broader sense of the world when you're able to hover over quite a few people, and not just one. However, you're not able to go into one person's head too easily, unless you're cycling through a bunch of different third person limiteds, which is a tricky thing to do without losing your reader.
For third person limited, I like that you really get to know the eyes through which you're seeing the story. They are less someone you're watching the story through and more someone you're experiencing the story with, if it's written well. Unfortunately, if you have a huge sea of characters you want to develop, it's hard to do when you're seeing the story through one person's eyes.
First person I don't even touch. Unless it's a blog or post, I hate writing in first person.
So... thoughts?
