But here in fan fiction land, I stuck my neck out and made a lot of mistakes, including POV switches, present-tense stories, and all of that.
I think that's how we all learn, yes? ::smiles reassuringly::
A single POV per story is my new ideal, though. It does something else for the story that I desperately need. It forces the writer to make the characters DO things. If you can't hear their thoughts, how can you know what motivates the non-POV character? That is a big plus for me.
I second that concept. I *like* holding myself to that rule, as it kindof makes things easier in that I do have to force the characters to act in a particular way so the reader will know what's going on. It reminds me to write more thoroughly, I suppose, because the reader, unlike me, doesn't know what every character's motivations are, etc. etc. But that's a stylistic preference, I realize. Then again, I don't usually like reading things that confuse me, which again is a personal preference. Other people may really love reading something obtuse and then finally figuring out what's going on. I'm just not that clever a writer.
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I think that's how we all learn, yes? ::smiles reassuringly::
A single POV per story is my new ideal, though. It does something else for the story that I desperately need. It forces the writer to make the characters DO things. If you can't hear their thoughts, how can you know what motivates the non-POV character? That is a big plus for me.
I second that concept. I *like* holding myself to that rule, as it kindof makes things easier in that I do have to force the characters to act in a particular way so the reader will know what's going on. It reminds me to write more thoroughly, I suppose, because the reader, unlike me, doesn't know what every character's motivations are, etc. etc. But that's a stylistic preference, I realize. Then again, I don't usually like reading things that confuse me, which again is a personal preference. Other people may really love reading something obtuse and then finally figuring out what's going on. I'm just not that clever a writer.