10-26-2018, 11:10 AM
(This post was last modified: 10-26-2018, 11:16 AM by Mattias Westlund.)
I'm facing a little conundrum here. I would like to keep the same order of POV's going through the entire book (Rynn/Baylon/Olvan/Rynn/Baylon/Olvan/etc) But once Rynn, Olvan and Jedd are reunited at the end of Chapter 4, moving from an "Olvan chapter" to a "Rynn chapter" feels a little dull since it's just a continuation of the events in the previous chapter if that makes sense. So I've been thinking of interjecting short chapters from the antagonist's POV inbetween Rynn's and Olvan's chapters. The problem here is that I don't think I can keep this up for the entirety of the novel, since after a certain point it's vital to the story that the reader doesn't have any idea what the antagonists are up to. So I don't know what to do. I mean sure, it's not a huge deal if we go from Olvan->Rynn, after all it's a different POV, it's just something that's bugging me.
Also, as we reach the pivotal point in the storyline when R/O/J cross paths with Baylon and Jenandra at "the tomb" and the antagonists show up, chapters will become much shorter for a little while. I have a rough guideline of around 5000 words per chapter, but that won't work when I'm describing an event at a single location that takes place over just an hour or so. So the pace will pick up for a bit, but I think that makes sense in the context of what's happening.
Also, as we reach the pivotal point in the storyline when R/O/J cross paths with Baylon and Jenandra at "the tomb" and the antagonists show up, chapters will become much shorter for a little while. I have a rough guideline of around 5000 words per chapter, but that won't work when I'm describing an event at a single location that takes place over just an hour or so. So the pace will pick up for a bit, but I think that makes sense in the context of what's happening.