POVs

• “Perhaps the shift in POVs is meant to higlight the different worlds (literally) inhabited by the main characters, but again, I think it would have been fine without it.”

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• “In hindsight, I think the reason the book ended up with so many POVs is because the town itself is a character, and the townspeople are facets of that character.”

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• “(link) The proscription against multiple POVs is misunderstood.”

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• “Some posts ban POVs from the ranges (usually a substantial majority of the reservation), and I don’t know why they couldn’t extend that to the cantonment areas.”

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• “IANAL, but I’d be surprised if they couldn’t ban all POVs from a base.”

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• “Outlining can be an important part of plotting, especially if your story becomes ultra-complex with multiple storylines, POVs and the like.”

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• “Like OReilly sometimes and the existence of Shep Smith, Fox anchors choose to agree with decent POVs on occasion.”

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• “I think The Hunger Games could have benefited from multiple POVs.”

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• “My story "Sausages," out in the new Talebones #38, is something akin to this: 4,500 words, with 19 short scenes, third person, present tense with three POVs that seldom link to one another.”

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• “What is problematic is shifting of POVs within a single scene or even a sentence, or shifting POV simply to obscure rather than illuminate information (e.g, we hear the hero's thoughts until he or she comes up with a Secret Awesome Plan, then we move to the villain's POV so the plan can be a surprise).”

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