I'm sure others have asked these questions before but I couldn't find them, apologies for any redundancy!
I've been batting around lots of different ideas for fantasy stories for a while now, and recently started writing them down without much thought towards the shape it would take.
Without much planning I started writing chapters for different POV characters.
I don't have much experience writing stories, and I'm wary of biting off more than I can chew. I love how a multiple POV characters gives you the shades of grey in an event- one persons perception can be vastly different.
I'm interested to read what everyone's opinions are on multiple POV characters.
Right now I have about three POV characters (plans for at least one more), but they are all on different continents with different missions. I have plans of how they overlap, but I don't want to cram too much action and travelling into a short story.
What I'm beginning to realize (by reading the constructive advice on these forums) that my best, most constructive option is to start small and build out. I would love to start (maybe even finish) a 5+ book series obviously, but I'm going to pick one of my POV characters and stick with them for a short story, and maybe feature a passing reference to events and characters that may be in future stories.
Is an occasional shift in POV too jarring? I've seen it used to good effect recently reading Scott Lynch's Gentlemen Bastard series- where you follow Locke and pals for the majority, and get little asides.
A lot comes down to taste I'm sure. I'm trying to get a bit of feedback before I dig too deeply and make this WIP larger than it needs to be.
Any advice is appreciated!
I've been batting around lots of different ideas for fantasy stories for a while now, and recently started writing them down without much thought towards the shape it would take.
Without much planning I started writing chapters for different POV characters.
I don't have much experience writing stories, and I'm wary of biting off more than I can chew. I love how a multiple POV characters gives you the shades of grey in an event- one persons perception can be vastly different.
I'm interested to read what everyone's opinions are on multiple POV characters.
Right now I have about three POV characters (plans for at least one more), but they are all on different continents with different missions. I have plans of how they overlap, but I don't want to cram too much action and travelling into a short story.
What I'm beginning to realize (by reading the constructive advice on these forums) that my best, most constructive option is to start small and build out. I would love to start (maybe even finish) a 5+ book series obviously, but I'm going to pick one of my POV characters and stick with them for a short story, and maybe feature a passing reference to events and characters that may be in future stories.
Is an occasional shift in POV too jarring? I've seen it used to good effect recently reading Scott Lynch's Gentlemen Bastard series- where you follow Locke and pals for the majority, and get little asides.
A lot comes down to taste I'm sure. I'm trying to get a bit of feedback before I dig too deeply and make this WIP larger than it needs to be.
Any advice is appreciated!