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Q&A First person pov with more than one main chars

The key with first person point of view is that your character's voice has to come through. So if you write three separate first persons, they all have to sound different meaning the writing style...

posted 11y ago by lonehorseend‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T03:00:34Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar lonehorseend‭ · 2019-12-08T03:00:34Z (almost 5 years ago)
The key with first person point of view is that your character's voice has to come through. So if you write three separate first persons, they all have to sound different meaning the writing style has to be distinct for each one. You can't just slap a character name on the chapter and hope your reader can go by that alone if there is no other context or way to distinguish who's speaking.

It might be easier to choose a main narrator, write that one in first person and then write everyone else in third person.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2013-07-28T06:46:35Z (over 11 years ago)
Original score: 1