Hey everyone, it's been a while, but I have a discussion topic - kind of:
POV and Person - First, close third or distant thirdYou guys know that I mostly write in close third person, but like to throw in a random first person every so often to really allow me to get into their heads. But then I don't do them very often for that precise reason, because if we always saw their thought so "close up," a lot of the mystery would be gone. I tend to throw in first person when I think it will add something needed that we wouldn't have with third (which is partly the reason why there's never been a Cordelia first person POV, we already know a lot about what she's thinking anyway so I don't feel like it would add much).
Anyway, I know @lone_cat of course writes solely in first person from Hailey's POV and @_sims_Yimi always does a close third if I'm not mistaken. @SnuffyBucket has a similar approach to myself with mostly third but a couple of first person thrown in there for good measure, and B2W is mainly third person but if I'm not mistaken @mercuryfoam did do a couple of first person chapters in season one. So with that in mind, my questions are:
- Why did you opt for the person (first/third/mixture) that you write your story in?
- What do you think the main pros and cons of that approach are?
- Are you ever tempted to switch it up?
Somewhat related but not entirely - I guess this could be a topic of its own, but I thought I'd throw it in anyway:
If you write from multiple people's POV, how do you decide who's perspective each chapter/segment is going to be from?(I guess the only person that this question does not apply to is @lone_cat, so my alternative question for you is; with Story 1 and 2 being entirely from Hailey's POV, have you considered changing to someone else in an upcoming "season"? I know you've mentioned potentially doing a more Ian focused story/mini-spinoff?)