After reading the other thread about POV it dawned on me that my novel has....gulp....dare I say it....5 pov.
I put this wip down for awhile as I needed to finish something, so I wrote a short story and submitted it to a cbc contest. I did this for my own peace of mind that I actually could finish and have a stranger read something I wrote. It was terrifying to submit but it gave my deflated ego a boost.
Now that that is done and the results of the contest won't be reached until april I can resume my novel.
I have two sisters in my novel, and three men. All have their own pov but it mainly surrounds the two sisters. I've thought about peeling the sisters apart and maybe this is two individual books...but I can't and I want their stories told together. Here's the problem, the 3 men I like all of their pov, especially the bad guy, I think he's my favorite to write and he's the most unlikable man in the book.
Am I nuts? I've pretty much decided to self publish so I'm not worried about some agent passing me up, and I've read many books with 4 pov...but 5? Is the main thing that the reader can keep it straight? That each character is engaging and the reader doesn't want to skip through pov?
If anyone has examples of great romance novels with many pov that would be nice and appreciated.
I put this wip down for awhile as I needed to finish something, so I wrote a short story and submitted it to a cbc contest. I did this for my own peace of mind that I actually could finish and have a stranger read something I wrote. It was terrifying to submit but it gave my deflated ego a boost.
Now that that is done and the results of the contest won't be reached until april I can resume my novel.
I have two sisters in my novel, and three men. All have their own pov but it mainly surrounds the two sisters. I've thought about peeling the sisters apart and maybe this is two individual books...but I can't and I want their stories told together. Here's the problem, the 3 men I like all of their pov, especially the bad guy, I think he's my favorite to write and he's the most unlikable man in the book.
Am I nuts? I've pretty much decided to self publish so I'm not worried about some agent passing me up, and I've read many books with 4 pov...but 5? Is the main thing that the reader can keep it straight? That each character is engaging and the reader doesn't want to skip through pov?
If anyone has examples of great romance novels with many pov that would be nice and appreciated.