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I don't see the length of each segment done in a particular character's point of view as the issue. I've seen excellent stories split into many short glimpses of the world through multiple characte...
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#3: Attribution notice added
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System
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2019-12-08T05:15:52Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
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Lostinfrance
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2019-12-08T05:15:52Z (almost 5 years ago)
I don't see the length of each segment done in a particular character's point of view as the issue. I've seen excellent stories split into many short glimpses of the world through multiple characters' eyes, and I've seen stories equally excellent split into just two halves consisting of Character A's view of the story followed by a contrasting second half from the POV of Character B. What _can_ be a problem with short sections in different POVs is failure to make the identity of each new POV character clear at the start of each section. If you go for short sections, I recommend starting each section with either of - a single-word announcement of the name of the character we are following, or - stating the viewpoint character's name in the very first sentence.
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2016-05-17T14:06:12Z (over 8 years ago)
Original score: 4