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When I started my WIP it was all going to be in one POV but there are two or three scenes late in the story that would work better as seen from inside someone else's head. Would it be okay to use the second POV just for those couple of scenes?

It wouldn't bother me - in fact most genre fiction has more than one POV. Some publishers encourage it (especially if romance is involved LOL). As long as the change in POV is clearly marked by a scene break or new chapter so the readers can follow who's telling the story, go for it ^^

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I know, but it's usually constantly switching--one scene in one POV, another scene in the other, roughly alternating throughout most of the books, or going according to some pattern between several. But would it be jarring to introduce another POV for two or three scenes halfway through and then not use it again until almost the end?

Hm. I think it would throw me out of the story a bit if I'd read over half way and then the POV of another character was thrown in.

You can probably have a look at where these characters are earlier in the book and where existing scenes might be told from their POV without losing any impact. Or you could look at where the new POV character may serve the same purpose of another character that is introduced earlier in the story.

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Oh I see what you mean. Hmm, again I don't see it as being a problem. I read a crime thriller last night that had one scene from the killer's POV, two from the killer's girlfriend's POV, and one other from another character. And those were on top of the POVs of the hero, his wife, his second-in-command and the overall bad guy.

I think Kerryn's right - if you can put in a POV shift earlier in the story then it'll tell the reader that you'll be doing it again. Halfway through is a bit late to spring a change on the audience. Maybe even start the story with a prologue from this other POV.

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Admittedly, I haven't read a book where they do that but if you can change the scenes so that the POV is more involved then I think the scene will likely be more powerful too. Good luck!

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I do a lot of my writing as a third-person limited POV, and as long I can tell where the breaks in scene and perspective are, I reckon it's fine.
It's sometimes neat to see the same scene from two or three characters' POV, especially if a fight is involved. You'd get not only what was happening, but also all sides of the story.

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Agatha Christie did a great job of this in "The Man in the Brown Suit."

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That's my favorite Agatha Christie, and I have read them all.