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Q&A Multiple Point of View characters in a short story

I'm working on a short story (maximum of 6,000 words) and realized that I will need to have two point-of-view (POV) characters. Let's call them Greg and Jeff. This became necessary when I saw that ...

2 answers  ·  posted 11y ago by Frank Luke‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T03:15:07Z (about 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/9702
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar Frank Luke‭ · 2019-12-08T03:15:07Z (about 5 years ago)
I'm working on a short story (maximum of 6,000 words) and realized that I will need to have two point-of-view (POV) characters. Let's call them Greg and Jeff. This became necessary when I saw that Greg, whom I had been using as the POV character, would have to leave a crucial scene for a moment but the story needed to continue in that place.

I couldn't use Jeff as the POV character for the whole story because Greg still needs a scene after he leaves the room. I hesitate to have a story of 10 scenes or so with only 1 using a different POV character.

What is a good mix of scenes for two POV characters in one short story?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2013-12-12T16:56:25Z (about 11 years ago)
Original score: 3