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"aroseinbloom;13674266" wrote:

"Bloudwed;13674150" wrote:
Hi! New here and looking for some input and encouragement. It feels like I have truly painted myself into a corner.... I started writing my Legacy in 1st person point of view since it felt like more pesonal and easy to relating to. But now, when my founders children are growing up and starting to show some personality I really don't know how to tell their stories (within the story so to speak) without completly changing perspective?! Any ideas? Or do I just have to bite the dust and make the change in PoV and move on?

@Jes2G might be able to help you with this! I know her legacy started in 1st person and--after much deliberation--she eventually switched it to 3rd person. I think she did a great job keeping the overall feel of the legacy the same while managing to incorporate new view points!

WHOA! Where did this thread come from? I should get out more lol.

You've gotta make the change!! It'll change your life :)

Like aroseinbloom said, I went through the exact same situation. And, I'm a perfectionist, so I really didn't want to abandon ship in the middle of the story, but I had to make the change. I miss the first person voice every now and then because I enjoyed trying to make my heirs sound different (even though to me they all sounded the same lol). I switched to an omniscient narrator pov, and it has allowed me to explore many things that I wouldn't have been able to explore in the first person. There was a situation going on in the story at the time where everyone in the house was affected by it and drew their own conclusions. However, they didn't openly talk about it. It was a very painful situation, and I felt that I couldn't tell the story how it needed to be told through just one person's eyes because, a.) he wasn't the only one in the situation, b.) he didn't know how everyone else felt, and c.) he was the one that was affected the most, so not sure he could accurately gauge everyone's feelings anyway.

Changing pov has been the BEST thing I've done with this story. The only downside--if there can be a downside--is that it opened a whoooole lotta doors. Because I can explore other characters, I do! There have been many times that I have completely abandoned the story of the heir in his household to focus on a sibling or a cousin in another household. There is nothing wrong with that if you don't plan on following the rules closely (technically there should only be one active household if you're following Pinstar's rules). And, honestly, everyone enjoys that I keep up with the rest of the family and that it's kind of turned into a cross between a rotational story and a legacy. And...as long as I'm happy writing it...who cares about the rules? lol

Make the change! It'll be very awkward for the first two chapters, and then you'll wish you would have done it sooner. I promise! Happy writing!