I get titchy when the POV switches repeatedly within a scene - third-person omniscient is difficult to pull off well, and jumping between too many chars often feels like cheating to me. I usually find it more interesting to get one character's POV at a time; I like close POVs, with their potential observer bias.
But a single POV switch in a scene is a bit clumsy but not really off-putting, and I don't tend to mind new POVs brought in later; if a story switches suddenly I might blink a bit, but it won't put me off.
I used to switch POV a lot - usually by scene, though I've been surprised to read my earlier stuff and find that sometimes I started in 3rd person omniscient and then went close. More recently I've been writing fics from a single POV, but that's less a deliberate style choice, and more because I find it easier to only have one voice in my head at a time.
I have had stories that I ran into trouble and then switched the POV and then it worked. A lot of times when I'm coming up with a story I'll spend time thinking about who I want to tell it, because it makes such a difference in how it unfolds...
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But a single POV switch in a scene is a bit clumsy but not really off-putting, and I don't tend to mind new POVs brought in later; if a story switches suddenly I might blink a bit, but it won't put me off.
I used to switch POV a lot - usually by scene, though I've been surprised to read my earlier stuff and find that sometimes I started in 3rd person omniscient and then went close. More recently I've been writing fics from a single POV, but that's less a deliberate style choice, and more because I find it easier to only have one voice in my head at a time.
I have had stories that I ran into trouble and then switched the POV and then it worked. A lot of times when I'm coming up with a story I'll spend time thinking about who I want to tell it, because it makes such a difference in how it unfolds...