Well it's basically about a girl who lives most of live kinf of lost in a fantasy world in her head...like she appears to be a normal girl, but the thoughts she has are so out there no one would ever guess...so I fell like it can only be told through her...
What about if you had the "real world" parts written in third person, and then the "fantasy world" parts in first person? That might help to highlight the distinction between the two worlds a bit more.
I take the Stephen King approach to "rules of writing": they can be broken, as long as you are aware of how and why you're breaking them.
Usually one doesn't mix POVs, because it takes the reader out of the story, and distances them from the MC, right? Well, in this story, you might want to do that, because it could highlight the disassociative nature of her fantasy world, as compared to the "real" world.
Typing that, though, it would probably only work in a longer work - I can think of two works that I've read that use multiple POVs (George RR Martin's A Song of Fire and Ice and Kim Stanley Robinson's Red Mars), and they were both in the 500-1000 page range.
Actually I think this will most likely be more like a novella than a novel...so most likely will stick with one point of view...
I think I will try the first person...and just have her interpret the way people look at her and comment how they probablly think she is some normal girl...etc...
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You mean mix POV's?
I thought that was a big NO-NO!
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Usually one doesn't mix POVs, because it takes the reader out of the story, and distances them from the MC, right? Well, in this story, you might want to do that, because it could highlight the disassociative nature of her fantasy world, as compared to the "real" world.
Typing that, though, it would probably only work in a longer work - I can think of two works that I've read that use multiple POVs (George RR Martin's A Song of Fire and Ice and Kim Stanley Robinson's Red Mars), and they were both in the 500-1000 page range.
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*is not writing 500-1000 pages*
Actually I think this will most likely be more like a novella than a novel...so most likely will stick with one point of view...
I think I will try the first person...and just have her interpret the way people look at her and comment how they probablly think she is some normal girl...etc...
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