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Is it possible to write a novel with three different points of view?
meg_evonne:
Yes, but probably not for a new writer unless you are looking at the work as a learning device. :-)
I don't tend to throw books, wait--just last week... well, book-a-cide aside. It's tough dude and do you really really know the differences between point of view, do your really know how to write different voices well enough that the reader can clearly tell who is speaking? Very advanced workshop stuff there.
Yet, it is your work and for your pleasure--do as you wish.
LizW65:
My current ready-to-query work has one primary POV in first person, and a secondary, less frequent POV in third person, with a distinct (though hopefully not jarring) change in tone.
meg_evonne:
Liz, I'm about 2/3s of the way through your Crooks Behaving Badly. I think you've got your finger on what works. *smiling*
LizW65:
--- Quote from: meg_evonne on March 06, 2011, 04:53:53 PM ---Liz, I'm about 2/3s of the way through your Crooks Behaving Badly. I think you've got your finger on what works. *smiling*
--- End quote ---
Ohh, I hope so, thanks! You had me a little worried the other day when you mentioned throwing a book across the room. ;D
Lord Rae:
I'm doing something similar to Jim's Codex.... I've picked 3 different characters to tell the story from. I want one of them to be a villain but I'm worried that his POV will give away too much of the story. I'm still working on how to solve this actually.
But I'm sticking with the "one viewpoint a chapter" thing. Its worked well so far.
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