Point of Views

Whether your story is in first person or is omniscient, your novel depends on point of views. A matter of fact this post is in first person. Here are the common types of point of views and their advantages and disadvantages
First person: when a story is told by only one character at a time. They usually use the words I, and we. It only shows the point of view of one character, and is usually bias against another character or the plot( it only shows their side of the story and not the others). The Fantasogra book is in First person, but it switches point of views every two chapters from Allison to Elizabeth.
An advantage is that the audience bonds more with the main character.
Disadvantage: Writing the characters personality and how they react will be a bit harder. Plus everybody is tempted to write what another character is thinking or doing but you can't except if the main character is involved.
Second Person: It's the most rarest kind of narration. It's when the audience is an actual character, and they use the phrase "You" a lot. For example: Suddenly you walked up to him". I personally never used it except when I'm going school essays, but that's it.
Advantage: the reader kinda feels like they are closer to the story
Disadvantage: It sounds weird, and is rarely used in the literary world( especially in fiction). Though it is used in self-help books, and non-fiction works.
Third Person: It is the most commonly used narrative theme . It is when characters are referred to as "he", "she", "it", or "they", but never as "I" or "we" (first-person), or "you" (second-person). The author can peer into the minds of more then one character and tell what's going on a thousand miles away or in another location.
Advantages: Lets your reader know more about the characters, locations, facts and point of views of the characters
Disadvantages: It is harder to manage all those characters and plus make it believable to the audience. When I wrote The Talking Cake I always wanted to write it in just First person because the characters were not interesting and it was soo hard to manage all them.

Now that you know what the different types of point of views there are you can simply pick one out. Though sometimes when you are writing a story you suddenly feel like your constantly wanting to know more about what the other characters.
When I was writing the Talking Cake I wanted to write a whole new story but from Claire's point of view. So I wrote a new story called Against The Dark Night. After writing around ten pages I realized something. The Dark Night book was basically just the Talking Cake book but from Claire's view. There wasn't any real differences, plus the title sounded like The Dark Knight. You have no idea how many times people asked "But there is no Dark Knight", and "Why is Batman in your book". I canceled the book and have no real plans to start it again.
Have a great week!
-AM