Hello from Willma-blog:  I admit to being a stickler for "proper" use of point of view.  That is, when we are hearing from a novel's character we stick with that p.o.v. through the chapter, at least.  That is, only that person's words and thoughts are written.  He/she can observe actions of others and interpret these, and he/she can listen and or quote others, but everything in that section has to come from that person's head or mouth.

My four novels, three with an agent, are all written from a single person's point of view.  To me, it is awkward to jump from one character's mind to another's.  "Current instructions" suggest it is okay to switch p.o.v. if it is done only with the change of scene. Or one chapter can be from one p.o.v.; the next from another p.o.v.

I have had my "comeuppance."  The Way The Crow Flies by Ann-Marie MacDonald changes p.o.v. regularly within chapters,s sometimes on the same page and so smoothly it seems right.  I am studying this method.  She has multiple chraracters in a complicated plot, the story set in Canada in the 40's after WWII.  I can highly recommend this novel.  It is infomative in that it deals with facts of the time and enlightening with interpretation of them, not to speak of the totally engaging charactes portrayed and the suspenseful situations.   Until next time, Willma