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[Quiet_Cool]

Okay, so I have one chapter to A Warrior's Tale already online, and the second one done in first draft, but I'm finding the story is going beyond the view of the main character. Problem being: The first chapter is written in the first person. Saw that coming didn't you?

My question is: In my shoes, how would you handle this? Would you pull the story and rewrite? Would you attempt to rewrite it and submit it as an edited version, in attempt to leave the story listing intact? Would you finish the few stories that were started, writing as they were, then attempt to close it off and start a second string of stories, following the the first series' spirit?

I'm not even sure what options I even have here at Lit.

Anything anyone can offer can be of help.

Thanx,

Q_C

 

[Tom Collins]

Personally, Q_C, I believe that I would leave the story to date as is and begin writing in FPP from as many different perspectives as needed as the need arose. I would simply head the point of perspective/character narration change with the FPP character's name so that the reader understands who's eyes they're seeing through at any given point. Hope that was helpful. If I was unclear let me know and I'll try to explain better.

 

[Selena_Kitt]

Okay, so I have one chapter to A Warrior's Tale already online, and the second one done in first draft, but I'm finding the story is going beyond the view of the main character. Problem being: The first chapter is written in the first person. Saw that coming didn't you?

My question is: In my shoes, how would you handle this? Would you pull the story and rewrite? Would you attempt to rewrite it and submit it as an edited version, in attempt to leave the story listing intact? Would you finish the few stories that were started, writing as they were, then attempt to close it off and start a second string of stories, following the the first series' spirit?

I'm not even sure what options I even have here at Lit.

Anything anyone can offer can be of help.

Thanx,

Q_C

Hm. tough one. I'm not sure what I'd do.

Really, QC, I just wanted to say I miss your old AV...

 

[Quiet_Cool]

Personally, Q_C, I believe that I would leave the story to date as is and begin writing in FPP from as many different perspectives as needed as the need arose. I would simply head the point of perspective/character narration change with the FPP character's name so that the reader understands who's eyes they're seeing through at any given point. Hope that was helpful. If I was unclear let me know and I'll try to explain better.

Basically, shift not the point of view, but the character whose POV is being represented? meaning start with Joe's perspective, then shift to Cassie's, all while writing with the character being represented as "I"?

Q_C

 

[Quiet_Cool]

Hm. tough one. I'm not sure what I'd do.

Really, QC, I just wanted to say I miss your old AV...

Brandon as the Crow I take it?

Q_C

 

[Selena_Kitt]

Brandon as the Crow I take it?

Q_C

Uh huh

 

[S-Des]

You can switch POVs

A lot of people don't like it, but if it's done chapter by chapter, I see less complaining. My new one has three chapters (hers, his, narrative) so you can see things from different perspectives. I've run it by some extremely tough critics without a single complaint. When I got in trouble was by switching POV in the end of a story (told 95% from a husband's, then the last 5% from narrative). I got killed for doing it and in retrospect, the critics were right. Some people might see it differently, but I personally think it's fine if you do the entire chapter in one perspective.

BTW, if you do switch POVs, make sure you go over it a lot (and have an editor do the same). I tried switching in the middle of writing a story and had dozens of small errors where I forgot to change the tenses back (me to him, etc...). It's really easy to miss that stuff because you already have it in your head that it's supposed to be that way.

 

[English Lady]

Switching POV isn't easy and it needs to be handled with care, but i think that is probably your best course of action here. I did it in my past Christmas story with ALOT of help from the right wonderful Rumple Foreskin and it worked out pretty damn well in the end