#last month I made the decision to constrain my longfic to one POV and its make a WORLD of difference. I think the story much stronger now.
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You know, as a fanfic reader I often prefer fics with multiple POVs (seeing the full story and delighting in the knowing what the characters do not, their struggles less harsh because you know the inevitable), so when I actually started writing fics I expected to follow suit. What I have since discovered is that actually one of the most fun parts of writing is trying to convey how other characters are thinking and feeling through the distorted lens of your POV character. I hope the audience can tell what's going on even when the characters themselves cannot, and that's all the more delightful for having to put that information together over the head of the narrator.
#last month I made the decision to constrain my longfic to one POV and its make a WORLD of difference. I think the story much stronger now.#ALSO obviously I'm not saying that alternating POVs are bad. I love reading those#I just haven't found writing them to be very fun!#Like most things in storytelling I'm sure it depends on your story#like. In my case one of the characters had too much information and it was sucking momentum out of the story#so removing his perspective really fixed the structural issues I was having!#fish.txt#writing
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