10/18/2017 0 Comments The importance of different P.O.V.'sI know what a title hey! It's just something I learnt to 'save' my current story from going off the rails somehow. So, I discovered the importance of using different P.O.V's. Have you ever had a story in mind? Such a cool one but all the characters were just rioting like teens in an unsupervised class so it seems? I really wanted to tell this story but how could I put order in the chaos? I first tried the "3 Act principle" you know Intro, Incident, Struggle, Climax, Resolution but that didn't seem to cool down the riot between my characters as it now seemed they were 'fighting' over who would have the 'most important' role in the story and I was just not having it. They were 'ruining' my story, period! Since I read "Into the water" by Paula Hawkins and wasn't really satisfied with her take on the POV's as the book seemed rather 'chaotic', I thought it would be a 'challenge' to try this too lol. I would give all my characters the same 'importance' to tell them their side of the story but make sure they won't disrupt the flow somehow as one scene written for different perspectives can turn pretty nasty in the end. Yesterday, I exactly finished the 'first draft' Woohoo! As if you give all your characters a 'equal voice' and 'space' to tell their story and each session you only concentrate on ONE character then you can save your story and eventually stop the riot as you give all your attention to all your characters ONE at a time. In that way, you can also learn more about them and without creating chaos you discover their life, their dreams, their goals, their fears and so on that helps you build the story without much effort and plotting.
So to wrap up this ramble lol. If you have a class of 7 characters all wanting to tell their side of the story... Give them each ONE chapter in each act so you get a fully bodied and 'fleshed out' story once you've written down your first draft and then you can add all the details later. Have fun writing, Daz!
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