Timeline for Is it acceptable to break the story up into POVs to show how the characters' stories all tie together?
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| Apr 5, 2018 at 0:00 | comment | added | SFWriter | Empathizing has to do with how well we connect with each. (I best love a non-POV character in my story. She just forced herself into my heart.) But, my 2 POV characters - or your 4 POV characters - to get the reader to love them - make it clear what each character wants. Do that in some subtle way, early on. What is their reason for living, for telling this story? | |
| Apr 4, 2018 at 23:54 | comment | added | Loren Archer | Oh, that's a great point. I think I just kind of got insecure at the thought that the reader wouldn't be able to empathize with the characters well enough from all the jumping around. | |
| Apr 4, 2018 at 23:50 | history | answered | SFWriter | CC BY-SA 3.0 |