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Q&A Do I have to write my book in the main character's POV?

Yes, the narrator can be a secondary character. The beautiful Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller is about the warrior Achilles and his life, but told by his lover Patroclus. The Great Gatsby is...

posted 9y ago by Lauren Ipsum‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#4: Attribution notice removed by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-13T12:00:30Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T04:27:50Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by (deleted user) · 2019-12-08T04:27:50Z (almost 5 years ago)
Yes, the narrator can be a secondary character.

The beautiful [_Song of Achilles_](http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/0062060627) by Madeline Miller is about the warrior Achilles and his life, but told by his lover Patroclus.

[_The Great Gatsby_](http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/0743273567) is told by Nick Carraway, almost a tertiary character in the love story between Gatsby and Daisy.

All the [Sherlock Holmes](http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/0553328255) stories are about Holmes, but almost all are narrated by Dr. Watson.

(Although if I might interject... why, why, why are you having a woman as the narrator if the story "revolves around the guy"? Why can't the woman narrate her _own_ story? Why isn't her story interesting enough to tell?)

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2015-07-14T23:59:33Z (over 9 years ago)
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