I feel like I'm setting myself up for a fall with the pattern and shift in POV I've established in my latest WIP. I started off writing from the Heroine's POV, then shifted to the Hero's POV, and continued this pattern for the first 14 chapters. And yes, sometimes the shift is within a chapter, and not just from chapter to chapter (which also worries me).
Now I find certain scenes are dictating which POV I need to use to either create tension or pull away from some darker scenes (I don't want one dark scene after the next, but I need to put the Heroine through a few rounds of torture. I'd rather focus on the effect the torture is having on the H/H and not the torture itself.)
So, am I being unfair to the reader, after having alternated back and forth from the Heroine's to Hero's POV, by suddenly having several sequential chapters from only one character's POV? Should I keep a "set" pattern throughout the novel?
Thank you!
Now I find certain scenes are dictating which POV I need to use to either create tension or pull away from some darker scenes (I don't want one dark scene after the next, but I need to put the Heroine through a few rounds of torture. I'd rather focus on the effect the torture is having on the H/H and not the torture itself.)
So, am I being unfair to the reader, after having alternated back and forth from the Heroine's to Hero's POV, by suddenly having several sequential chapters from only one character's POV? Should I keep a "set" pattern throughout the novel?
Thank you!