How do you tackle writing a multi-POV book? I'm not an expert but I DID majorly level up writing The Bitter End, and came out with some tips & tricks to share.
In a too-long but hopefully-helpful video, I'm going over potential pitfalls of multis, thoughts on number of POVs and tense, and then finally offering as much concrete advice on WHERE and WHEN and WHY to switch POVs in your book, and HOW to differentiate character voice in multi.
As always, everything is time-stamped so it's easy for you to skip ahead or around to what you're interested in. I share a lot of examples from my writing process of The Bitter End to better contextualize... you can skip anytime I start blathering about my book :P Or, if you're here for the Alexa bookish content... this is a double feature!
I was recovering from illness when I filmed this, so forgive the slightly scratchy voice... and more edits in this one b/c I had to cut out all the coughing!
00:00 Introduction
01:38 Pros of Multi-POV
03:46 Pitfalls of Multi-POV
09:48 How Many POVs is Too Many?
12:19 Dual vs. Multi
18:01 1st vs. 3rd
22:38 Formatting & Character Weight
26:48 Choosing & Switching Between POVs
34:03 POV & Narrative Function
37:13 Inflection Points
40:14 Character Voice
42:09 The Fatal Flaw/Want
45:42 Biases
47:10 Word Choice & Thought Process
50:55 Humor
53:49 Hobbies & Background
01:01:05 Internalization
01:04:11 Fix it in the Edit
01:09:15 Good Crutches
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