Timeline for Should I give a character POV scenes just to establish that they are cheating on a main character?
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| S Jul 10, 2021 at 13:01 | history | suggested | CommunityBot | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jul 9, 2021 at 13:53 | comment | added | Weckar E. | @DWKraus ... Did you just describe The Room? | |
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| Jul 7, 2021 at 22:45 | comment | added | DWKraus | BTW you might want to check out what the average word counts are for a novel in your genre. Even the genres that tolerate 100k word counts often expect shorter works from new authors. manuscriptagency.com.au/… | |
| Jul 7, 2021 at 21:44 | comment | added | wetcircuit | Which character is the reader suppose to feel sympathy with, the person who discovers they've been betrayed, or the person who cheats and gets caught? POV is more than a floating camera. If we are learning about the cheater's internal conflict (their flaw, why they lapse) OK. But if it's just a way for a camera to follow the action into the boudoir, nah. We'll assume what happened and why – same as the character who is betrayed. If we're not learning anything different to the obvious, it sounds like a mismanaged narrative voice. | |
| Jul 7, 2021 at 21:37 | comment | added | DWKraus | If you want to show the infidelity, instead of just having it brought up (to make it more sympathetic?) then I don't see a problem with shifting POV, especially when the MC is not available to BE the POV. Otherwise, you don't even need to reveal the infidelity, it could be a rumor with the POV character discovering evidence, or they would have a blow-up fight where the MC or the minor character reveals/suggests the infidelity to be hurtful to the other person. It's entirely a style thing. There's a hundred ways to do this, and all can be good or dreadful. Sorry, that's not exactly an answer. | |
| Jul 7, 2021 at 19:31 | comment | added | August Tran | Btw its all in 3rd person. Like 3rd person limited. Or should it all be 3rd person?? | |
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| Jul 7, 2021 at 19:00 | history | asked | August Tran | CC BY-SA 4.0 |