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Is it possible to write a novel with three different points of view?

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RodimusGT:
Being that I'm new to the writing gig I find it ten times easier to write a story in the first person. Even when reading books I tend to stick to first person novels I just feel more immersed in the story.

My issue is the one book I'm planning to write is impossible to write from just one persons point of view, and to really get everything in there I want I would have to write from three. I know it's possible to do, but in your opinion can it be done in a way that flows well? If adding that many POV's would really take the reader out of the story I'd much rather just give third person a try.

Opinions are appreciated, thanks!

Shecky:
Read Robert Heinlein's The Number of the Beast. Multiple first-person PoVs.

Gruud:
Boy, I sure hope so!  :D

Although I'm sing limited third, not first.

Here's a good thread on this very subject.

I thought good opnions were given all around.

http://www.jimbutcheronline.com/bb/index.php/topic,18730.0.html

RodimusGT:
Thanks for the quick responses guys! This helped a lot.

I feel like I should just write that story in third person, then I can have access to a lot of different characters' POV, but I feel my talent is with first.

Shecky:

--- Quote from: Gruud on February 25, 2011, 02:06:29 PM ---Boy, I sure hope so!  :D

Although I'm sing limited third, not first.

Here's a good thread on this very subject.

I thought good opnions were given all around.

http://www.jimbutcheronline.com/bb/index.php/topic,18730.0.html



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Jim's own Codex Alera shifts between multiple limited-third PoVs.

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