I was curious how many POV characters people were thinking to have in their novel this year and how they were planning to organize them. I've seen people do alternating chapters; in the past I've done some occasional chapters for lesser POV characters. Sometimes I title the chapter with the character's name to make it easier to follow.
I'm trying to decide between four and two. I'm thinking two, and I'll probably alternate them, but we'll see. Or I might just jump around to whatever POV fits the scene and see what happens. I've seen people write that well before, and I find it kind of restricting if I'm following a set pattern of POV but the events don't fit the pattern. Which can be a bit of a speed bump during NaNo.
RiverSeal wrote:I'm trying to decide between four and two. I'm thinking two, and I'll probably alternate them, but we'll see. Or I might just jump around to whatever POV fits the scene and see what happens. I've seen people write that well before, and I find it kind of restricting if I'm following a set pattern of POV but the events don't fit the pattern. Which can be a bit of a speed bump during NaNo.
I also find thatstrict alternating can be limiting. I think that characters usually aren't created equal--some dominate your attention more than others (and this probably comes through to the readers too). It's difficult to have that extra constraint.
Hello, Alkamy here. I'm planning to have three POV characters plus omniscient voice. I'm a bit worried that it might get unwieldy, but bolstered by the fact that Tana French pulled off a mix of POV characters and omniscient in The Secret Place. I definitely don't want to have a set rhythm of switching between voices, but I'm a little concerned that right now major chunks of the story will be dominated by one or the other. I know I'll need to return to each perspective with some regularity.
I will have 3 POV characters, told in first person. Two of them are the protagonists of the book--two teenage girls living in parallel worlds who exchange places. The other is the antagonist, also to be written in first person. They will each have alternating chapters with their names. .
I also have a Middle World (dream world) connecting the two parallel worlds. I'm writing this part of the story in italics with the multi-character POV's in third person, omniscient. There is an antagonist in this world as well--a super villian who controls and survivies on the violent dreams of "humans."
Last year, I tackled this in Book 1 of my YA historical fantasy series and the story seemed to make sense and flow well. Hope I do as well, this time!
I was curious how many POV characters people were thinking to have in their novel this year and how they were planning to organize them. I've seen people do alternating chapters; in the past I've done some occasional chapters for lesser POV characters. Sometimes I title the chapter with the character's name to make it easier to follow.
What are you planning to do?
I'm trying to decide between four and two. I'm thinking two, and I'll probably alternate them, but we'll see. Or I might just jump around to whatever POV fits the scene and see what happens. I've seen people write that well before, and I find it kind of restricting if I'm following a set pattern of POV but the events don't fit the pattern. Which can be a bit of a speed bump during NaNo.
I also find thatstrict alternating can be limiting. I think that characters usually aren't created equal--some dominate your attention more than others (and this probably comes through to the readers too). It's difficult to have that extra constraint.
Hello, Alkamy here. I'm planning to have three POV characters plus omniscient voice. I'm a bit worried that it might get unwieldy, but bolstered by the fact that Tana French pulled off a mix of POV characters and omniscient in The Secret Place. I definitely don't want to have a set rhythm of switching between voices, but I'm a little concerned that right now major chunks of the story will be dominated by one or the other. I know I'll need to return to each perspective with some regularity.
I will have 3 POV characters, told in first person. Two of them are the protagonists of the book--two teenage girls living in parallel worlds who exchange places. The other is the antagonist, also to be written in first person. They will each have alternating chapters with their names. .
I also have a Middle World (dream world) connecting the two parallel worlds. I'm writing this part of the story in italics with the multi-character POV's in third person, omniscient. There is an antagonist in this world as well--a super villian who controls and survivies on the violent dreams of "humans."
Last year, I tackled this in Book 1 of my YA historical fantasy series and the story seemed to make sense and flow well. Hope I do as well, this time!