Differences between Objective and Omniscient viewpoint (Part 1)

Walking before running, crawling before walking.

The most distant type of narrative viewpoint is called objective. It is a true camera-eye point of view and many people (including myself) group it with omniscient because they are both outside-in. But whereas omniscient is at arm’s length, objective is farther still. It is, metaphorically, at room’s length.

So why don’t we distinguish between the two? W…