So what do you think about this: A dual Point-of-View.
I'm experimenting on my latest piece with twins, using a "their" POV. I'm not sure how it will work, but I'm hoping that if/when I separate them, and the POV becomes his and hers, it will have a lot more impact, both on the characters and on the reader.
It will involve head-skipping between them, and maybe some omniscient POV. In fact, when I read it now, it sounds very omniscient. I want them to be symbiotic, since this is why they are so special -- they are two halves of one whole.
So long as a scene is written in a clear way, head-skipping and omni can (and do) work, even in modern stories. It's a YA-slash-Adult fiction, so I don't think I'll be judged too harshly for head-skipping or going omni.
What is your take? Have you ever experimented with a POV like this?
- Eric
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It worked fantastically in The Time Traveler's Wife, as you got to see both points of view about events that happened from both Claire (the wife) and Henry (the time traveler).
I say go for it!!! :)
I use duel POVs in my YA novel by alternating chapters. My female MC does end up having more chapters from her POV, though.
I've got no problem with it. I always like to wrap my head around things and the more POV's I am allowed, the curvy-er I get!
I used duel POVs in my YA scifi. Male and female alternating chapters. I tend to like multiple POVs.
I'm not sure you're talking the same thing as multiple POVs. I think I'd have to see a sample to know if it works or not. But head hopping can be a tricky business, and omni invites info dumps.
I think everything can be acceptable, if done well. You've set yourself quite a challenge Eric.
I struggle with multiples, I like 3rd limited. I'm attempting the multiple - only 2 perspectives though - with my cyborg fairytale. Its a stretch for me, which is probably why its only half finished :)
......dhole
To clarify: All my longer pieces, and some of my shorter, have multiple POV. I usually alternate by chapter if it is a longer piece, and certainly I delineate voices by scene. I rarely write anything but 3rd limited.
In the current piece, I am going to try head-skipping within scenes, between the twins, and show things not from one individual perspective, but from ~their~ perspective. That's what I mean by Dual POV -- seeing through two simultaneous POVs.
- Eric
Eric, dual third-person POV is all I've written. I like the intimacy of two people with the ability to show things from more than one point of view. I probably used a lot of omniscient in the beginning by accident but have since learned how to eliminate that.
I read a book that was in first person for 75% of it, and then jumped into three separate POVs, two different firsts, and one third. It was weird, but it worked.
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