Second Person The "you" tense. (e.g., "You walk down the street, not knowing what you're going to find around the corner.") Largely experimental and only used for a very specific kind of story. Used by McInerney in Bright Lights, Big City to show the character's drug-addled state. Third Person Limited Told through one character's viewpoint, seeing just what that character sees and thinking just what s/he thinks. Can switch POV away from that character, but the story should only be told through one character's viewpoint at a time. The POV usually breaks between chapters, but can be done within chapters. However, the writer should give the reader a visual indication that POV is being changed—just skip down a few lines or give some other form of break. Third person limited is the most-often-used POV and the one that, by default, is the best choice for most stories. [I'm sure David had more to say on this topic, but he ran out of time.] Bottom line: In Morrell's judgment, most first-person novels could be improved by a shift to the third person.
