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Especially if it's not shared between MC and their LI?
I've been struggling with a wip recently and then I got an idea that seemed awesome at the time but the more I think about it the more doubtful I get.
The wip in question is an epic fantasy and the story is pretty huge (trying to create the series potential here because it seriously needs that). Originally it was told in first person present time and it had only one MC.
I also had an idea for another story in the same universe that would be set (as I thought) a few ages later, also told in first person present time and with a single MC.
Then I realized that I wasn't developing all the plot threads I wanted in the original wip. I needed something more and I thought about giving voice to a secondary character but that would ruin the suspense somewhat.
And then I realized something else. My second story would actually work much better if it were set not in the future of this world but in its present, right along story one.
Yet the dual POVs would belong to two characters who don't even meet until the very end. They sort of represent two sides of the coin. They are not in love at any point of the story.
I barely remember one or two YA books told in this way, and at least one of them comes from a super hot author who's been called a hit factory in the articles so that's the case of being allowed to break every trend and rule.
What do you think? I'd really appreciate some thoughts and opinions.
I've been struggling with a wip recently and then I got an idea that seemed awesome at the time but the more I think about it the more doubtful I get.
The wip in question is an epic fantasy and the story is pretty huge (trying to create the series potential here because it seriously needs that). Originally it was told in first person present time and it had only one MC.
I also had an idea for another story in the same universe that would be set (as I thought) a few ages later, also told in first person present time and with a single MC.
Then I realized that I wasn't developing all the plot threads I wanted in the original wip. I needed something more and I thought about giving voice to a secondary character but that would ruin the suspense somewhat.
And then I realized something else. My second story would actually work much better if it were set not in the future of this world but in its present, right along story one.
Yet the dual POVs would belong to two characters who don't even meet until the very end. They sort of represent two sides of the coin. They are not in love at any point of the story.
I barely remember one or two YA books told in this way, and at least one of them comes from a super hot author who's been called a hit factory in the articles so that's the case of being allowed to break every trend and rule.
What do you think? I'd really appreciate some thoughts and opinions.