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All of the inn sequences are in third person. The entire beginning of Name of the Wind up until the end of chapter 7 is third person and the first 2 of Wise Man's Fear. The interlude chapters interspersed through both books are also in third person as well as both epilogues. It is only in first...

Patrick Rothfuss effectively mixes POV and narrative in his Kingkiller Chronicles, but the first person chapters are only from the protagonist's point of view.

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I believe that prologues can be useful in introducing a story through a viewpoint/characters outside of the main protagonists. I'm not one to usually use prologues, but I'm a fan of using an epilogue to tie one story to the next outside of wrapping up the main story of that individual book.

I wouldn't think you would need to take a side. I like the idea of alternating POV's, leaving it up to the reader to decide who they think is right/justified. Then, depending on who you plan on succeeding(if indeed you do plan one to win over the other), the end will have diverse emotional...

No, you don't need an "excuse" for a first-person delivery. It is just a method of telling a story. I actually did use an excuse for first-person in my recent book, but only because it will be tying into the story later, not because it was necessary. Look at a successful first-person series...

My chapters usually are based on the content I wish to present in the chapter, but in the book I just finished, i was pushing 5000-6000 words per chapter on average. In my current work in progress, I am striving to break chapters into smaller segments, though.

First of all, as someone who has had what feels like a million stories started and scrapped way before finished over the past 10+ years, I want to applaud the fact that you have finished 10 stories in your world. More to the point, I went through something like this after I finally finished my...

I definitely agree with this. With how you've described the plot, it seems as if this would be a good fit as long as each of those parts are fleshed out well in your mind. On an unrelated note of my own, love the male protagonist's name (possibly because the protagonist of my book is Korin) :)

First of all, I love your idea. I don't think it sounds strange; it is a unique premise Secondly, I mostly agree with Meg the Healer about leaving out noon, but I feel that you're right about needing a term to take night's place to denote the time that people typically sleep(if that's the case...

I have recently stumbled across an author named Kevin Gerald Rau who has a successful superhero series called H.E.R.O. that he has released independently. After previewing a couple of his books, I noticed that he does first person from various viewpoints. Each chapter has a title and the...

Thank you very much!

I'm currently working on the sequel to my first-person fantasy book and am telling it through two points of view. The premise of the first book was that it was a journal written by the protagonist in which he is trying to make it sound as if he were a storyteller. In my second book, I really...

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If your narration is from your protagonist's point of view I don't feel there's anything tiresome about using "his mother" or "his father".