In order to gain access to your character’s deep thoughts and feelings, you must work from a first person point of view, right? Not necessarily. Third person POV allows you to see the big picture, yes, but it also provides all the telescoping necessary to zoom in for interior thoughts and feelings. Those deep perspectives can even color the nature of the prose. Let’s take a look at an excerpt from Edward Stewart 's 1978 novel, Ballerina , chosen for the way Stewart so seamlessly tightens his lens from a wide establishing shot, to the character's immediate actions, and all the way into her unspoken thoughts. These contiguous paragraphs are taken from the first page of the novel. Stewart writes in the third person, but as you read, think: How would these passages differ if written in first person? Paragraph 4: The big picture (wide angle)  The last bell sounded. Stragglers came drifting back to their seats. At two hundred and fifty dollars a ticket, you didn’t hurry. Th...