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Those of you who have been reading me know I am one to give multiple POV (point of view for those of you who haven’t been to an English class in while). In other words, I put you inside more than one head. It has come to my attention lately that perhaps that isn’t the strongest way to write a book, and doesn’t allow for an emotional connection to the characters.
SPEEDING is a serial, manifesting in my head almost as episodes of an on-going story, so I feel it necessary to switch from Reid and Kendall to, say, Jason and Adrienne. DANCE WITH ME is the first in a series, introducing characters that will be further explored in subsequent books and tie-in stories.
So… my question to you as readers is: Is it jarring and disconnecting to see through more than two main character’s eyes? Are the POV changes smooth and easily understood? Do you hate reading me and just follow my blog as torture? Bueller?
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POV characters that aren’t the hero/heroine don’t bother me at all IF their POV furthers the story along. What jars me out of the story though is head-hopping, when the POV shifts between characters within a scene. If its one scene/one POV character, I don’t really care who that character is as long as it stays with that person until the end of the scene before switching to someone else.
Hayden, personally I don’t mind reading from different POV’s. I just read a book for review that was written from 3 POV’s and it’s fantastic, seriously good. I’m one of those readers that doesn’t care if it’s from one or more, as long as the writing is good it doesn’t matter.
In answer to your question..I love haveing POV in a book. It gives the story deeper meaning. I have read stories where the POV jumped abruptly and left me wondering what happened. However I have not had that problem with your books.
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The first author I read that had multiple POV and 3 different story lines going in one book – so that was at least 6 POV in one book was Suzanne Brockmann. I didnt have any problem keeping up as she does a great job when she is changing back and forth. I do agree that alot of readers have issues with more than one couple in a book/multiple story lines going on. If the author writes them right I dont have a problem keeping up. I’ve always wanted to ask the ones that dont like books like that can you multitask. I would bet the answer would be no…
I’ve read all of your stories that I can find. Several have had several POVs. A few of the transitions have been a bit abrupt, and a bit hard to follow, in your earlier work. Your latest works have been easier to follow! And as you have possibly noticed in some of my comments, I’m pretty anal about that kind of thing. Keep up your GREAT work!
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