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Hi. Ok, so there is this thing that I have been thinking about doing for the book that I am writing. I think it would be cool, but I don’t know if it would really work. I don’t know if it would end up being annoying to my readers or interesting.
So, what I am wondering is… Could I randomly throw in a chapter from a different character’s POV.
Let me explain a little more. My MC is a girl named Madelyn. So far, the whole book except the prologue is in her POV. The prologue is from the villain’s POV. So, I was thinking it would be kind of cool to have chapter here and there from his POV to show people what’s going on in the evil side. My villain is always one step in front of my MC, so I think it will help my readers to know how much he knows. The reason I am hesitant to do this is because I don’t want to reveal too much. I like surprising my readers.
Plus, I really enjoy writing from this evil, crazy person’s POV. I would probably only do one every ten or so chapters.
What do you suggest? Oh, and @livgiordano, you are reading this, so your impute would also be extremely helpful.
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@filewriterbase13x I’ve actually read several books that threw in random chapters from the villain’s POV. 🙂 So I think it could work fine. Those include such great authors as Frank Peretti and Chuck Black, if I remember correctly.
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@filewriterbase13x I think what you’ve outlined here sounds alright, and I bet a lot of authors do this, as already mentioned above. Just make sure whatever you do is intentional and important to the story 🙂
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literatureforthelight.wordpress.com@filewriterbase13x, I think it would be fine, and would really add an interesting depth to the story.
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Kapeefer til we're old and grey@filewriterbase13x That sounds like a cool addition to your story! Just as long as the readers know you’ve switched, and it doesn’t feel like it was just thrown in.
I also enjoy writing from the POV of my (kind of unhinged!) villain. *laughs manically*
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@rochellaine. I’ve read a little from both of this authors. Good. So now I know that it probably wouldn’t be annoying to readers, because those book are somewhat well known in Christian fiction.
@gh24682468999. OK good. Yes, it will definitely be essential to the story. The best reason is not having to explain all this stuff with so much detail in the climax. I have already written the 1st draft of this book, and I had way too much a explaining to do at the end. Now it won’t be like that that much.
@alia, OK good. Yes, I think it will. Now I am really getting excited about this.@daugtheroftheking. Yes! I am pretty sure that they will know that I switched. It’s hard to get sweet, intelligent Madelyn and evil, selfish Frederick mixed up. Yes, it is so fun to write from the POV of an evil \ crazy person.☺
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@filewriterbase13x Go for it! A lot of books written like that are awesome. I gives the reader another perspective, plus it can be fun to write. 😉
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@filewriterbase13x I love writing from villain POVs, so yeah! Let’s do this! 😀
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As long as it isn’t too often, I think it should be fine.
@filewriterbase13x I’m randomly popping in, but I think it should be fine. If you’ve read Christopher Paolini’s Inheritance Cycle series, there are chunks of chapters written from the MC’s POV, but then there are other chapters written from other character’s POVs. But don’t do it every other chapter or something like that; it would probably get too confusing. 😀
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ENFJ-T ... I think (haven't taken the quiz in awhile)@filewriterbase13x I pretty much agree with the rest of them. 😉 Yeah, I definitely think that would be pretty cool if you wove in some of his POV. It would let us know that he’s not just sitting around doing nothing the whole time, ya know?
Oh, and also, this is kinda of random, but think about why he is evil. Yes, people are inherently evil, but is there a reason for his excessive cruelty? What kind of past does he have to make him who he is now? He has a side to things too…and he needs to be relatable. Like, is there a reason he does this? Is it to help his family? To protect his people? These are just some things to think about. 🙂
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No, he is not helping his family. He doesn’t have any family really. Remember? Evil people don’t have to have reasons to be evil. Like people who do school shootings. They could blame their parents or their teachers, but, at least most of them, just do it because they are evil. So, no. He doesn’t have an excuse to be evil. He just is. He probably uses the excuse that he thinks it’s best for the world or his people, but it’s really just about greed. I know that some people make it so that there is a reason for their villains to be bad. I don’t have a problem with them doing that, but I just don’t. He’s just bad, insane, and extremely selfish. Bad people never really have an excuse. They may say that they do evil things to help their families, but that doesn’t excuse it. Wrong is wrong, and right is right. Does that answer your question? I don’t really want to make it so that people can relate to him. He is not like this because of his past. He is like this because of his heart. So, yeah. ☺😀
I am glad you think it’s a good idea. 😃
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@ariel-ashira, @dragon-snapper, @allison-grace, and @warrenluther04. Thanks guys. Yes, I think that I am definitely going to do this now. I am guessing that I would do it every nine or ten chapters. So not too much. I can’t wait! I am glad that I now know that I can come to you guys if I need any help with writing. I hope to return the favor to you guys sometime. 😃😃😄
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@filewriterbase13x No problem! I had a weird writing question one time too…. *remembers the Acoustic Kitty story* Oh yeah, I should probably start that fairly soon…. 😀
Okay, that sounds like a good plan. Nine or ten chapters isn’t too often, but not too sporadic. 🙂 I mean, if you ask me I will attempt to answer your questions. But I’m not an English major…yet. 🙂
And you have returned the favor, at least for me! 🙂 🙂 ;D
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