http://www.jeffkirvin.net/2007/05/11/sneaky-narrative-tricks/ The journey of a reluctant writer Sat, 19 Jul 2008 15:32:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.jeffkirvin.net/2007/05/11/sneaky-narrative-tricks/#comment-480 lee Sat, 12 May 2007 18:47:35 +0000 http://www.jeffkirvin.net/2007/05/11/sneaky-narrative-tricks/#comment-480 Give it a try. The worst that will happen is that it won't work and you'll have to change it. I have a friend whose (still unpublished) first novel is seen through the POV of three different characters. Each character gets their own chapter, in sequence, and each character has their own POV -- first person, third person limited, third person unlimited. The story is of how a series of murders affects these characters (a veteran patrol cop, a rookie school resource officer, and a veteran detective). Each "set" of three chapters are more-or-less concurrent in time, so you see events and their effects from three separate points of view. It sounds more complicated than it is, and I think it works quite well. Give it a try. The worst that will happen is that it won’t work and you’ll have to change it. I have a friend whose (still unpublished) first novel is seen through the POV of three different characters. Each character gets their own chapter, in sequence, and each character has their own POV — first person, third person limited, third person unlimited. The story is of how a series of murders affects these characters (a veteran patrol cop, a rookie school resource officer, and a veteran detective). Each “set” of three chapters are more-or-less concurrent in time, so you see events and their effects from three separate points of view. It sounds more complicated than it is, and I think it works quite well.

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