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Characters' viewpoints in scenes.
Not sure how this works. Going through my chapters, have noticed that sometimes I am 'thinking' from one character's thoughts, and then from another's. Is that acceptable? Think I read somewhere you are only supposed to write from one character's perspective in each scene, but that this could be altered to another's viewpoint in another scene. Correct or not, please?
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A scene can be a little more tricky, unless there's a point within it that changing viewpoint is best and doesn't disrupt everything completely, but I always add another line between one viewpoint ending and the new viewpoint character starting.
I find I instinctively write from the viewpoint needed for the scene and what's in it. If it should be the wrong vp I quickly realise it.
How do other TBs handle this?
I love her.
It could be quite fun to write a short story and swap it around.
Maybe try that, Lydia. See how it works.
Of course, there's nothing wrong with wanting to keep to one viewpoint, as suits you. Probably clearer than my methods, and plenty of authors like it, e.g. Charlotte Brontes' central character, Jane Eyre, comes to mind.
I tend to write mainly in the first person but I also use third person for scenes that the main character can't see but the reader needs to know about. It can be a little complicated as you need to make sure you don't accidentally endow the first person protagonist with knowledge they shouldn't have.