What I Learned About POV on So. California Freeways

Struggling with Point of View? Maybe this will help—

A secret to writing Point of View is to evaluate the distance separating your character from the action.  The closer your character is to the action, the better. For example--

Imagine you're coming home after a long day at work. You grab a drink, prop up your feet, and open the newspaper. At the bottom of page three of the metro section you see a small article about a car crash on the freeway. With all the accidents on the freeways today, this is definitely not front page material. You turn to the comics, thinking nothing of it.

THE DISTANCE BETWEEN CHARACTER AND ACTION IS TOO GREAT