This is a two part question, but first just a quick little set up of my trilogy to make things easier: It is the story of a war between two races. One lives on the mainland, mostly in forested regions, the other on a large peninsula, blocked off from the mainland by the first race. I wanted to have one pov chapter for each race, each side of the war. One would be more action oriented, and the other would deal with more cerebral matters of war like inner debates over how to wage war and other political matters. I also have one character that is immortal, travels the world, and knows the history of these two races and why they hate each other. He would not only act sort of as a surrogate for the reader, as most of the history and exploration of the land would be through him, but also as an important figure in the personal life of the main protagonist.
1. Do you think I am structuring this right? With three different pov characters? I should also add that these will vary in length. The immortal character would have far less pov chapters, but be featured in other pov characters' chapters.
2. Over the course of this trilogy, I have planned to vary the number of chapters each of these three pov characters get. For example, book one would have them be spread pretty even with only the immortal guy having far less. Book two would almost be split in half. First half of the book deals mostly with two pov characters, but once the third pov character is ready in his part of the story, much more of the action will focus on him for the rest of the book. Book three will be divided mostly between the two warring pov characters, but then end focusing on the political pov character once the war ends and the rest of the book deals with the main protagonist confronting the immortal character. Do you think this is a good idea, shifting around the numbers of pov chapters per characters as the trilogy goes on?
Also, any tips in general for writing a multi-pov character book would really be appreciated.
1. Do you think I am structuring this right? With three different pov characters? I should also add that these will vary in length. The immortal character would have far less pov chapters, but be featured in other pov characters' chapters.
2. Over the course of this trilogy, I have planned to vary the number of chapters each of these three pov characters get. For example, book one would have them be spread pretty even with only the immortal guy having far less. Book two would almost be split in half. First half of the book deals mostly with two pov characters, but once the third pov character is ready in his part of the story, much more of the action will focus on him for the rest of the book. Book three will be divided mostly between the two warring pov characters, but then end focusing on the political pov character once the war ends and the rest of the book deals with the main protagonist confronting the immortal character. Do you think this is a good idea, shifting around the numbers of pov chapters per characters as the trilogy goes on?
Also, any tips in general for writing a multi-pov character book would really be appreciated.