I heard Bailey’s story this morning and just started crying in my car. Couldn’t wait to get home and hug my dogs

Ironically, those who understand what I just wrote the least, need to understand it the most. There are a number of excellent reasons why the vast majority of third person work is done either third person limited, or third person limited multiple. My strongest suggestion is that writers master third person limited before they even consider any other RADIAL form of third person writing.

Let me add to these thoughts by suggesting omniscience theatrical is far more useful than the more commonly understood, pure omniscience. That way, when you do drop to character, you have some grounding and haven’t done the proverbial community visit. Headhopping is a very dangerous tool in the hands of just about everybody. It begs the question, is there value to any constraints at all, if one chooses to legitimize bad writing under the seeming license of a definition? What can be defined does not mean that which should be applied. The last technique I would sanction from literally any writer is pure omniscience. Those who disagree with me, may, but I doubt the work justifies the approach.

One final thought. There is a technique known as passing the baton. This is a form of multiple limited, but handled in a way that allows the POV to be carefully and meaningfully moved from character to character, within sections or chapters. This is far more useful than pure omniscience because it implies care and one at a time POV handling.