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I just started a science fiction novel set in the modern era. I wrote by the seat of my pants and ended up writing the main character, an amnesiac, cannibalistic anti-hero, in the first person present tense.
I'd like to go on to write the second chapter, POV of a by-the-book investigator in Canada's CSIS, in the past tense, and perhaps even third person.
Thinking back, I suspect I wanted the confused mind of the cannibal to have more of a visceral and immediate impact than the investigators' chapters.
My concern about proceeding like this is that it may result in a novel that's too different and unpublishable.
I'd appreciate any guidance on this issue.
I'd like to go on to write the second chapter, POV of a by-the-book investigator in Canada's CSIS, in the past tense, and perhaps even third person.
Thinking back, I suspect I wanted the confused mind of the cannibal to have more of a visceral and immediate impact than the investigators' chapters.
My concern about proceeding like this is that it may result in a novel that's too different and unpublishable.
I'd appreciate any guidance on this issue.
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