In my previous post (and a couple of posts ago), I posed the question of POV.
3rd person (i. e. "Jana's klutziness is a charming quality, if not a deadly one.")
vs.
1st person (i. e. "I admit it; I'm a klutz. Blame genetics. My mother got all the grace.")
In my 'Southern girl' piece, I want to have 3 POVs -- the main character, a farm hand, the main character's younger sister's friend (wow - long character description). Some have said multiple POVs are fine but then the lurvely TJ Brown says her critique group said no (as she attempted the same thing in her YA WIP).
Maybe I'm just making this harder than it has to be.
I mean, I'm the writer, damnit; if I want Farm Hand and Sister's Friend to speak in 1st person, I should be able to do that. Right?
Well, crap. I should just write some more on the stupid thing and post an excerpt for everyone to critique.
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Just write it the way you want to. If you feel you need to change it you can do that after. The important thing is not to stifle your creativity :)
ReplyDeleteI agree with Bonnie, Jana. Write it how it feels! You can definitely have multiple first person POV's. VENUS ENVY is first person present tense in Venus's POV and first person past tense in the heroine, Rachel's, POV. I just read Alesia Holliday's new book, NICE GIRLS FINISH FIRST (out next week, I believe) and it is written just like mine.
ReplyDeleteI've read books in alternating 1st and 3rd POVs, too. Julie Kenner's GIVENCHY CODE (just finished --great book!) was 1st person heroine's POV, then 3rd person hero's POV, with an occasional 3rd person villian's POV.
You will ALWAYS find readers who don't like one or other other, so don't try to write to anyone specifically. Write it how it feels to you. You can change it later if it doesn't feel right, but don't change it for someone else!
Shannon
I'll jump on the bandwagon. Write it the way you see it, the way you love it, the way you want! That's when the magic happens, baby!!
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