When it comes to fiction writing, third person omniscient is not in vogue. What is in vogue is third person limited. That means each scene should be written in the POV of one person. And the only thing that is revealed to the reader is what that POV person knows, or perceives. So if something is happening beyond your POV character's knowledge, then the reader also does not know.
In the past, that wasn't the case. But times change. And I'm up to date with it now. Changing what you've already written to conform to third person limited isn't really all that hard to do, as long as you have a full understanding of it. And now I do. So the corrections are coming easy to me. Thank goodness for revisions. And a good editor.
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