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    Switching from 3rd to 1st person?

    If you haven't already, check out Name of the Wind for an example of changing PoV fairly often.
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    Main Character's Thoughts on Religion and Sex/Homosexuality

    Most definitely. My main concern was readers picking it up, reading some of his negative thoughts, and putting it down before they get to the parts later on when he confronts it more. I guess that's their problem, though.
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    Main Character's Thoughts on Religion and Sex/Homosexuality

    Well, neither side are good or bad. Both/all sides have understandable reasons for what they're doing. Some readers may and will find one side to be "good" (or at least better) while other readers may and will find the other side "good" (or at least better).
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    Main Character's Thoughts on Religion and Sex/Homosexuality

    Well, there are other characters in the story that have very different views on things like sex and homosexuality... I realized I should have mentioned that after Ireth's original response. They're just aligned against the main character in question. It's a complex political situation that I...
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    Main Character's Thoughts on Religion and Sex/Homosexuality

    As far as people in his country go, he's actually forward thinking and 'radical' (wants a republic while living under a monarchy; wants widespread education that isn't just for the elites). So there's not really a whole lot of... idk. Progressive? Maybe that's the word for it. There's not really...
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    Main Character's Thoughts on Religion and Sex/Homosexuality

    So. I am a straight male. One of my main characters (one could argue the main character) is gay and in the "closet". He's a very pious young man and a follower of a very sex negative religion. He's grown up practicing this religion and almost everyone around him has too. This religion views sex...
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