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[anicalewis]

I'm now editing (in a rewritey sort of way) Lord of the Dark Downs. This is interesting because, along with similar tension problems to the ones that I think my last edit fixed in Rabbit and Cougar, Lord of the Dark Downs has a lot of viewpoint switching. No, really, a lot. There are seven major characters, all of whom have POV sections of their

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[toastedcheese]

I forget - do you listen to Writing Excuses? Writing Excuses is awesome. They have had at least one very good discussion about multiple viewpoints that I listened to recently

[magic_7_words]

Writing Excuses, woo! I'm kind of going through a stage right now where I hero-worship Brandon Sanderson

[anicalewis]

I'm actually very glad to hear your take on switching to the viewpoint of an already-introduced character, because Lord of the Dark Downs does that constantly. No character's viewpoint appears until after s/he has been introduced, so I think it works okay with a little hint at the beginning of each new POV section to show whose head the reader's in now.

[magic_7_words]

I just listened to the Writing Excuses podcast on multiple viewpoints :-D. Apparently Tom Clancy does that thing I hate where completely random points of view are introduced only to die at the end of the scene. *shrug* We already knew there was no rule that couldn't be broken by a sufficiently talented writer.