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He had strange eyes—they made me think of a two-way mirror. Like you could feel somebody on the other side watching you, but the only reflection you saw was your own.

You really have to be careful what you say, because screenshots — screenshots are the worst thing.”

Ali flashed a huge smile at Pascal. “Oh, yes,” she said with confidence. “Handray will come back. Allah will only let him

single one.

“You marry Matthew?” he said with a choked laugh. “By God, Ali, if we weren’t in a public place I’d shake you till your

ts, the family assumed they’d slept together.”

“Ah,” Andre said. “Practical.”

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showing.
“You like Hugo,” he repeated, his brow drawing down. “And why not? He probably

daughters’ misfortune. I know they both had their hearts set on marriage

Camera-eye is more distancing than tight third, because you don’t get to see individual characters’ thoughts and feelings, but in compensation, the scope is greater—the author can show anything that is happening in the area, whether the main character notices it or not, and can point out that the main character isn’t noticing it.

Camera-eye often gets used in multiple-viewpoint novels where the writer wants to give the reader a taste of what the villain is doing without actually going into the villain’s head as a tight third POV character (and thus giving away the villain’s whole plot).

The villain’s scenes get written in camera-eye, while all the hero’s scenes are in tight third.

Omniscient:

In omniscient viewpoint, the narrator is an invisible character who knows everything that has ever happened or will ever happen and everything that anyone is thinking or feeling, and who can report as much or as little of this as seems appropriate.