Point of View

When writing one of the most important factors is the point of view. Let us use an example of a street mugging. There are several points of view that can be used to write the story some are; 1: The mugger's view 2: The victim's view 3:  Companions view (either the mugger's or the victim's) 4: The police's view 5: Bystander's view. These are just a few and if you think you can come up with several more. You can also mix them for instance switch back and forth from the mugger's view to police's view. You can use the point of view to create story flow and develop your characters. The same incident (mugging) influences the story differently depending on your point of view. For practice come up with a scenario and look at it from several points of view. Have fun.