https://glendalarke.com/2009/09/waiting-for-other-shoe-to-drop/ Sat, 13 Mar 2021 10:31:06 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://glendalarke.com/2009/09/waiting-for-other-shoe-to-drop/#comment-20504 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 09:31:04 +0000 #comment-20504 I think you're right about the reason, Mikandra. Romance does have to keep very close to the PoV of its two main characters, of course.

]]> https://glendalarke.com/2009/09/waiting-for-other-shoe-to-drop/#comment-20503 Fri, 11 Sep 2009 03:50:45 +0000 #comment-20503 Yes, it always is a bit of a jerk when you are reading one POV and then switch to another, however, many authors do it. I have read books written the other way with a whole section on one character, then on another, etc. and they all meet up at the end. I don't think it works any better the same thing still happens. Enjoy your present warm and fuzzy feelings and I do hope you won't find someone who doesn't like the book.

]]> https://glendalarke.com/2009/09/waiting-for-other-shoe-to-drop/#comment-20502 Thu, 10 Sep 2009 23:19:51 +0000 #comment-20502 I totally agree with you on the POV characters. It could be that she is more accustomed to reading romance, which has fewer POV characters. I am writing a book with seven POV characters, and yanking a reader out of a storyline is always a risk, but it's better to do that than mixing up timelines. POV switching is fairly standard practice for epic fantasy anyway.

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