Unlock the Secret to Perfect Storytelling: How Many Viewpoint Characters Should Your Novel Really Have?
How many viewpoint characters should you have in your novel? Is it okay to just have one? Is there such a thing as too many? How do you decide?
Moriah posted this question on my “Ask A Question For My Blog” page:
I’m writing a novel with 6 main characters. I’m having trouble with head hopping and what POV and how many POV’s I should use for the story to work and flow properly. It’s a fantasy book. 3 of the characters are friends in the beginning and are in most science together and it mainly follows them, but the other 3 characters don’t appear till later and aren’t there for every scene but they are still hugely important to the story. There’s one character I could write from first person and make the protagonist but the other characters input are to important. How do you think I should write this without messing it up.
