Okay, so... in the home stretch and here I am freaking out about a new thing every day. One or two days to the end of my polishing, and I'm wondering about the time I give to one MC as opposed to the others.
One of my MCs is running solo for about half the novel. He's been thrown into a desolate dimension by the antagonist, who is basically using him as a demented reality tv show. AKA, long ago the antag was ordained by God as a creator, and the same thing happened to him. Now he wants to watch his son go through the ordeal, and see if the boy can cut it. Yeah, he's a sadistic, bored immortal. What can I say?
Anyway, the other MCs (antag included) are constantly interacting with one another. So... Most of the chapters revolve around their povs, and what's going on with them, while the solo MC's chapters are scattered through the novel and much shorter. They basically show the overall gist of what he's going through psychologically and the more important moments in the creation process.
What I'm worried about is... Should his chapters be longer? Is it cheating to have him as a sorta background noise to the rest of the cast? They're watching over him from different realms, and he's mentioned by them quite a few times... *sigh* I don't know.
One of my MCs is running solo for about half the novel. He's been thrown into a desolate dimension by the antagonist, who is basically using him as a demented reality tv show. AKA, long ago the antag was ordained by God as a creator, and the same thing happened to him. Now he wants to watch his son go through the ordeal, and see if the boy can cut it. Yeah, he's a sadistic, bored immortal. What can I say?
Anyway, the other MCs (antag included) are constantly interacting with one another. So... Most of the chapters revolve around their povs, and what's going on with them, while the solo MC's chapters are scattered through the novel and much shorter. They basically show the overall gist of what he's going through psychologically and the more important moments in the creation process.
What I'm worried about is... Should his chapters be longer? Is it cheating to have him as a sorta background noise to the rest of the cast? They're watching over him from different realms, and he's mentioned by them quite a few times... *sigh* I don't know.
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