But Nora Roberts herself has said that she did this even before she was a best-selling author, others will argue. Wrong on both sides. Using point of view is a technique a tool. You apply the technique because it works, because it accomplishes a certain goal, or achieves a certain effect. If you can t say why a certain technique works or what effect is has on your story, then you have not learned and do not know how to use that technique.
Technique is a tool.
It helps you get the job done. Think also about how formless and meaningless your story will be to others when there s no backbone of grammar and solid technique to hold it up. Neither extreme will do your story any good, and will cause you a lot of misery. But think of tools. Think of how a painter uses certain brushes to achieve a certain stroke that makes a part of her painting come alive.