When a character appears out of nowhere and wants the POV, let the writing flow. #writetip Sometimes a scene needs to be written. You many not want the extra POV in your novel and can decide later whether you use it or not.
Yesterday I wrote a scene with an existing character, but one that I have not given a point of view scene before. I didn’t end up using the scene in my novel, but I did write a follow-up scene with a different character as the POV, and it was much better (in my opinion) because I knew exactly what had happened behind closed doors.
Character A and B argued. Character B revealed a key piece of information to character A. I wrote this from Character A’s POV. Then I removed the scene.
Next Scene. An RCMP officer interviews character A right after the heated argument. I found it easier to describe Character A, his mannerisms, his answers, etc. because the fight was fresh in my mind. Character A had a hard time talking with the RCMP when he hadn’t processed the information.
Kristina Stanley 
I’ve done this… but only under EXTREME DURESS. I’ve written scenes and had to take them out because of POV. I try to have the person tell what happened in dialog later… but yes, it is much easier when you have it clear in your head. But OUCH it hurts sometimes to take out something that you love… especially when you can’t find a way to squeeze it in somewhere else.
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Based on input from my agent, Margaret Hart HSW Literary Agency, I cut a scene in my first novel. Later I used a version of it in my third novel. I store my cut scenes in a “cut scene” folder because I never know when they’ll come back to haunt me. There are scenes hiding in the folder waiting to be used…
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