noob of the north
Minstrel
My usual POV is always "third person limited" and I don't even have to think about it, but recently I've started to wonder that maybe I'm too married to it. I slipped into writing third person omniscient when starting a new story this autumn, but I was scared I wouldn't be able to keep it up for a whole novel, so I changed it to limited after a few pages. That might have been the wrong choice, and maybe I should be braver and get out of the pipe and slippers-comfort of third limited.
So, I was wondering: if you're not married to one particular POV, what makes you choose a particular one for a story? Is it carefully thought out before you start, or based on genre-convention, or that it "feels right"? Other reasons? Do you experiment much with POVs? Maybe you changed from one favourite POV to another? I'd love to hear about it.
So, I was wondering: if you're not married to one particular POV, what makes you choose a particular one for a story? Is it carefully thought out before you start, or based on genre-convention, or that it "feels right"? Other reasons? Do you experiment much with POVs? Maybe you changed from one favourite POV to another? I'd love to hear about it.