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Chessie
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Hi everyone, I'm doing a rewrite of the novella I finished in February. I took some time to play with the concepts in it, and have now changed some things around. In the original story, the supporting character was a child. It is now the main character's husband, which fits the style of the story nicely.
And because Miksha is an adult, I can go much further with the horror aspect of the story. Sharing his point of view would enrich the tale greatly, but the issue I'm having is that its rather short and moves fast. From what I have read of writing novellas (and being a lover of reading them as well), it seems that having only one point of view in the story is important because it allows the reader to lock down on a character through a fast moving story, thus making it less confusing.
If this story reaches 110 pages, I will be surprised. So I'd like to ask what my fellow writers and readers think about this. Would it be too confusing to have a second point of view in there? I'm considering having the main character's scenes as the longer ones, with his as the shorter ones.
What's happening: the couple is traveling through a haunted forest and become separated. The husband is taken by Rusalki, which are water ghouls that try to drown him. The wife tries to save him but her life is endangered as well, so she runs to get help and ends up being rescued by a witch. The witch tells the wife how she can save the husband, but first she must do some things for her. But the wife knows she is running out of time to save her husband, so that adds on to the tension (basically the witch gives her some impossible tasks to do in order to earn the boon that will save the husband). I think two povs would be valid here. Anyway, just curious to see what some of you think. Thank you!
And because Miksha is an adult, I can go much further with the horror aspect of the story. Sharing his point of view would enrich the tale greatly, but the issue I'm having is that its rather short and moves fast. From what I have read of writing novellas (and being a lover of reading them as well), it seems that having only one point of view in the story is important because it allows the reader to lock down on a character through a fast moving story, thus making it less confusing.
If this story reaches 110 pages, I will be surprised. So I'd like to ask what my fellow writers and readers think about this. Would it be too confusing to have a second point of view in there? I'm considering having the main character's scenes as the longer ones, with his as the shorter ones.
What's happening: the couple is traveling through a haunted forest and become separated. The husband is taken by Rusalki, which are water ghouls that try to drown him. The wife tries to save him but her life is endangered as well, so she runs to get help and ends up being rescued by a witch. The witch tells the wife how she can save the husband, but first she must do some things for her. But the wife knows she is running out of time to save her husband, so that adds on to the tension (basically the witch gives her some impossible tasks to do in order to earn the boon that will save the husband). I think two povs would be valid here. Anyway, just curious to see what some of you think. Thank you!