My two protagonists are the same person from alternate universes, who's world views are completely turned upside-down when they discover each others existence and struggle to create their own identities.
My twin sister and I are co-authoring. We are writing dual protagonists. I am writing one and she is writing the other. The characters are opposite personalities but they impact each other throughout the entire story. We used your 3-act story outline and have loved the results. We feel very strong about the outline and are excited to begin the first draft soon.
My book as a group of 4 or 5 main characters. It's gonna be told from 2 POVs for the most part, but I may give a few chapters to another POV sometimes, but not often.
yeah same exept ive got like *insert finger counting* 8, plus an anti-hero thats more of an antagonist thats less in the main cast and also two villains, a wimp to set up plus a twist one
I'm going to write a story with 4 characters and each of them has their own POV. I'm honestly quite scared and excited, but this video really helped me clear some stuff out !! tysm
@CyberPup 22 Writing with 4 characters is something that really is hard to do, so sometimes it's truly better to have 2 well done characters than 4 superficial ones!! Hope your story goes well, bet it'll turn out amazing!! I started working on that story but I just felt really unprepared to write it, so I came back to the preparation, but it's going really well.
I love dual POV stories. I've written a fantasy trilogy with 5 different POVs and I actually think I've done all the things you talk about. Each character is different and distinct, they all effect each other, and they weren't randomly picked from the cast. It's very fun to write all the different POVs.
This sounds great. For my current novel, I have a different purpose to my switching pointS of view. Both are written third person, but Protag is deep, the other(s) are limited. I want to show something happening at a location to which the Protag will be going. E.g. the villain setting a trap. This will hopefully increase the tension for the reader as the Protag nears the trap.
I'm currently working on a book where I have four main points of view. I have to say, it is difficult. I try to advance the story with each POV and leave it at a cliffy as to what happens next with each one. I love your vids. You are awesome!
OMG THIS IS PERFECT TIMING! Literally just finished re-outlining for draft two where, on top of all the other revision fixes, I'm adding a second POV *screams* Thanks so much for all your help
I'm currently outlining a sequel in a series that is multi POV and dual timeline. Totally agree with how much more depth dual POVs give to a story, especially a romance. Love your videos! Rock on 🤘
I'm writing my story in dual POV. Its an urban fantasy mystery with two characters who are falling in love and trying to keep their relationship platonic as they solve the mystery. I'm enjoying this narrative style and having fun getting into the thoughts and emotions, which I am bestowing upon them, of my pairing!
I'm currently writing a novel and during the whole time of planning and outlining everything, I've been watching your videos and following your advice, and it's made this process so much easier and more exciting for me to think of, so thank you 🤩😭
But, how do you know when to switch POVs? Or how do you choose which character gets the POV at each particular point in the story? And how much should the POVs overlap chronologically?
I know I'm a year late to this but @Tiyev my best tip is to decide which characters are you the most drawn to? These characters are probably unique hence why you're drawn to the Another way to decide is which characters are complete opposites? And then, of course, why do they matter to each other? For example in my Novel my two main protagonists were best friends but then one of them left and they meet years later! They matter to each other as not going to spoil too much but one of them remembers the other whereas the other protagonist doesn't remember their friend! So yea these are my tips hope this helps you are anyone else struggling to decide!
What I think is that for each character you have different conflicting events that probably overlap. With each event, you need to decide who is affected the most at the time and then write their scene.
Very timely. I'm connecting with an abandoned manuscript which will have 3 POVs and a narrator. I might even be able to avoid the organizational nightmares of my first book by using your structuring and outlining suggestions. Eager to try it. Your presentations are clear, to the point, entertaining, and a visual treat. Thanks.
I'm currently writing my first novel and I'm outlining, but don't really have a specific plot worked out for the second main character yet -- so far, her literal personality is that she dies to save the other main character at the end. This video helped a lot -- thank you!
This is the reason I failed my Camp Nano novel this summer, writing multiple POVs and keeping it interesting is much harder than it sounds in my opinion. Thank you for explaining!
If anyone wants to read some examples of books with multiple POVs that are done well, here are some recommendations: The Secret Language of Sisters (amazing book with two POVs) and Restart (also great, and with I think four POVs)
I had so much fun writing my dual perspective novel, Love and Other Sins. It’s out everywhere now! I walked into Barnes and Noble the other day and 5 hardcovers were displayed on the shelf in a great spot. I cried. Best feeling ever. This is an awesome video. Good job.
I’m writing a book with 2 points of view and I would love another video about this topic but in more depth cause I want to make sure I’m doing it right. Especially when it comes to switching povs
You are such a genius. I've been mainlining your videos for 3 days and I feel like it's a masterclass in fiction writing. Thank you for all of the work you've put into these videos!
You have no idea how much I needed this right now! I'm starting to plan a sequel that adds another POV and I don't even know where to begin balancing between the two! Thanks for the advice! Xx
multiple POVs gives more depth, and it really shows how the characters world views are so different and somethings even wrong. love it in graphic novels!!!!
I'm about to try writing a story with two povs and this helped so so much!! I am honestly so excited even though it's my first time because the character's story fits so well and It's just so fun 'cause one character is snarky and a jokester than the other main character is like uptight and works hard.
I’m writing my first normal book that is adventure (with a bit of fantasy) for young teenagers and two princesses from different countries with different characteristics. They will meet because of war but they are also related by blood. And it’s exciting writing different povs :)
I have 6 different protagonists. When I write dual POVs is at times the characters are separated or to see one characters view of something that just happened. I, also, write with one of the 6 as the main POV each book. It's a 7 book series. It gives each character time to shine because there's so many of them
Great video Abbie! I only started writing my story a few months ago, but have been doing character development based on your suggestions for many months! I have been struggling with how to interweave my dual POV's as their timelines are 100 years apart. I appreciate your advice and live for my Wednesday mornings! :) Keep up the amazing work and I can't wait to read your book!
I usually only write one protagonist in first person but for this story I'm venturing into dual first person POV because I think it will make the story more interesting. It's been a challenge. Abbie's videos have been super helpful though!
My story involves a school for psychic abilities-only 5 or 6 students-on another planet. Because they’re developing telepathy, multiple POV seemed necessary, but there was nothing out on this when I started this. I had concluded that 2 characters would be the main POVs, but your video clarified several things. When a few of the women are chitchatting telepathically, it didn’t seem like there would BE a main POV, but I guess I need to rethink this. Great video!
My main WIP has multiple povs but the two protagonists definitely get the most pov time. I've rewritten so many scenes in order to decide whose pov gets used where and still have a few places I'm debating rewrites to avoid having too many povs overall!
I love dual POVs, personally it’s a interactive insightful way of displaying 2 different alternate perspectives. It allows for things to be less limiting and more open minded to many possibilities.
I am writing a dual-perspective Christian YA romance. This video is super helpful! I was just going on my writer instinct on this, and while I did know/figure out quite a few of your tips, I missed quite a few as well.
I am writing a fanfic with dual protagonists and have been trying to write a book with two protagonists for years that I had to switch the main one because of another video you made. That one is my backup novel for NaNoWriMo this year. My main one is a single POV YA contemporary romance.
My first draft comes down to two povs, with a few chapters in the pov of specific characters to show very specific details and ways of thinking. Especially showing the viewpoint of the antagonist. I hope this will read exciting for the reader.
I wrote my whole story from my MC POV. However, it's only 45k words, and there are three chapters that would benefit from a different POV. I have both characters written out (Misbelief, personality, etc.). I'm looking at 3:1 ratio of MC1 to MC2 as MC1 is the main main character, and MC2 is the love interest, but still more important than other characters. I'm a little nervous. But, I'm confident that it will improve it. If it doesn't work, then I can go back to 1 POV since that's the original manuscript. Thanks for all you help Abbie.
My two main characters are one good and one bad (however, at the beginning of the flashback, that bad MC actually wasn't that bad yet) have one female side character that goes along with two MCs' journey, but that means I have to switch from each MC's POV and into the female side character's POV. So how do I do that?
I’m really excited to write my third book in the series I’m working on because book one followed protagonist one, and book two followed protagonist two, and the third book will follow both of them. I cannot explain how excited I am!!!
On my plot outline I've been trying to have FOUR point of views, and it's difficult right now because of these reasons: 1. I switch between the POVs by changing the font. Then I realized it will be too much, and each POV should have their own chapter. I was thinking of it like what we see on Netflix, where they sometimes have multiple POVs in each episode, but that's probably going to be confusing. 2. My four main protagonists do have some similarities, but with different purposes, so I'm still trying to figure it out.
I'm writing a case of people who grew up together in a series of four books, followed by their childhood, teenage years, young adulthood and adulthood. There is a main protagonist, but he will be a secondary character in the second book. In some ways the group of friends are all protagonists. The antagonist is the traumata or significant events happened in their lives, if you don't count the bully Queen Bee (she's not a negative character at all).
I am writing a book with two protagonists' POVs and I am super struggling to make them different because they are such similar people D: I'm going to watch your other video about rocking a character voice and see if that helps!
I have 3 main characters - the female mc, and her love interest (mmc) fall in love but navigating their way through an impending war that the mmc’s twin brother (villain) began. The two twins are opposites to each other, and the female is the main driver to the series, and going to use the 3 act story structure and make 3 books, but also hoping to make side stories of other events that happen throughout the book that have significant influence but don’t quite have a place in the main story arc without taking away from the main plot
I don't really do showing same thing from different points of view as a separate final scene, but sometimes I will write it anyway just so I know what that character is thinking, then I meld it in to the scene. This is usually the antagonist's pov, but I have done this from three points of view in romance because threesomes are more difficult than you would imagine when its actual romance and the characters will have a real relationships afterward. This can mean you are changing from two protagonists to three. Two protagonists is far more interesting than one. One would be flatout boring.
with my friends we make characters who act like us, we always talk about our ideas of how to intercal the stories. It's base of HP, and I will show them this for they characters. owo
Hey Abbie! Can you please answer my questions: Can the protagonist have material truth? Can you make a case study for Harry Potter Series? (Cause I am writing fanfiction for that series)
I'm late, but I'm gonna try to write a dual POV. Two lovers that are pretty opposite of each other with two different childhoods. It'll be my first novel so I hope it goes well for me.
Love this! The story I am writing I was trying to mix the POVs of both the protagonist and antagonist (serial killer). Could this be a dangerous setup? LOL Not sure exactly how I should run it, but I will definitely be using your method/prep to try and figure out. I feel mixing antagonist and protagonist views would make an interesting read.
@@annon1gaming777 I think it would add some spice, but implementating it could be a bit tricky. I tried, but felt it may give too much away in terms of plot?
Working on a dual POV where one lead is hunting the other as part of a bounty. However, he comes to understand there is more to his target than he expected, and the shocking truth about why he was hired to bring her in alive will call into question everything he thought was important about himself and his world, and lead him to join the last person he ever expected to ally with against a powerful magocratic empire.
My camp nano project was one POV. My november nanowrimo from last year was a crime novel with two POV. Im debating three. Trying to see if i can really make it work with just two.
I don't write in actual dual-POV, but my epilogue is written from another character's perspective and his thoughts on things change how the reader views him. Throughout the book, he becomes more and more intransparent, both to the reader and to the characters because his entire world was turned upside down when he found out that what he believed in and what he oriented his life towards is incorrect and he doesn't know what and whom to believe anymore. Therefore, he acts differently than before and does things he wouldn't have done before and nobody really understands why. But the epilogue makes it a lot clearer, at least to the reader. After reading the epilogue, the reader knows more about him than the protagonist, which is only possible because of the shift in POV, or through foreshadowing, maybe. But I don't foreshadow because I want the reader to feel exactly like the MC at that moment, and foreshadowing would make that impossible because the reader would be worried about and think about things the MC didn't worry or think about back when the scene happened. (Just like I was when I was reading the book thief and death was like "later, Liesel wished she had kissed Rudy back than because she now doesn't have the chance to do so anymore because he is dead." Or something along those lines. Every time Rudy was in the slightest danger, I worried about him dying now and all I thought about was when and how he was going to die. Maybe Marcus Zuzak wanted to achieve just that, but I'm not aiming for something like that.)
My novel is a companion trilogy and each book is from the POV of a different person, but also each book switches POVs between other characters 😬 so book one is my protagonist + her friend/love interest (kinda), book two is the protagonist's other friends + Her love interest + a minor antagonist, and book three is the main antagonist's daughter + a bit from someone close to the protagonist. It's crazy, and yeah I've kinda had to plan them out together because of it, and because you don't figure out all the answers until the third book
Question for anyone who reads this. I have a main character who is mute and speaks through sign language. I love the first person perspective to write for this character so that people will better understand what's going on in his head when normally he's restricted to expressing his thoughts to the few people in the book who speaks sign language. It's a fantasy story as well, with different characters that we switch to throughout as the story needs, and I'd love to keep these parts in 3rd person, especially since the characters end up together at different times in the story. So here's the question. With all this considered, would it make more sense to switch from first person to 3rd person POV throughout the book?
I am currently writing my first story (teen fiction) but I had a trouble of which POV I'm gonna used in the first few chapters since I want them both to have a voice in every chapter
Not sure if this is a stupid question but I'm currently outlining a book with dual protagonists and I was wondering if you think it would work for those two characters to also be the antagonists of each other?
It's a tool worth using, because it associates both the internal and external conflict, particularly if it's in first POV. You explore their thoughts and techniques in a fight whether it's an act to throw one off guard or trick them into believing they're weaker, thus lured into a false sense of security.
I know your "assign a distinct font to each POV character" is about print, but would an audiobook analogous situation be "assign a distinct narrator?" And sometimes (I guess it depends on the story) the inciting Incident could be the same for both! Example: the protagonists may have "known" each other even if not in person (that's part of my current WIP) but the i.i. could be when they *do* meet in person (and the reaction of each POV character could be "what's the other POV character doing here?" Or, "Wait... is that the other POV character in the first place?"
I'm writing about 2 Kingdoms. The main character has friends in one of the Kingdoms and I developed these friends personalities. But the main character left the first Kingdom crossed the sea to know the second one. I left the friends characters behind but I would like to give them a developing story in paralel, but I am afraid because these friends doesnt impact the main character's life anymore... Can I end the book with two stories that started together, but do not cross any more? I love doing these kind of stories gosh 😄
I am writing a form of dual POV. I’m using the secondary protagonist as a vehicle to bring a man-on-the-street perspective to a (hard) science based story. I don’t plan on developing his storyline as much as the main protagonist (a female scientist), but his character will experience a character arc. I hope this is a viable plan as far as potential readers, an agent, and a publisher matter. Thoughts anyone?
Sounds good to me. I think the secondary protagonist should have some insight that the main protagonist doesn’t have, so that when he does say something to her, it is something she has to chew on. They’ll argue of course, but if she doesn’t find value in him (beyond the romance) then neither will the readers. I love smart women but hate stories where all the men are mental duds. I can’t relate.
I started my first novel attempt in a long time recently and had a dual protagonist. My outline was quite bad and it showed in my writing. I got lost along the way and will probably have to rewrite the entire thing. I am 40k words in and only 1/3 -1/2 way through the plot. I will try your suggestions to salvage it
My main question is, If I have two characters, and both their misbeliefs are different, will I have two different climaxes as well? Or will it just be one climax that includes both characters fears they need to face?
i have a question 😭 how would you punctuate it?? like would you defiantly do something like --- Character B's POV --- or would you just switch up the font and the readers would know?
I am having troubles thinking of a way to transition from not only multiple povs, but also from a possible outside prospective. I guess that could be a way to add more characters. l don't know.
I’m writing dual but the story centres mostly around the first protagonist and how everything effects them whereas the other protagonist is the spark and one of the many reasons why these things happen to the other protagonist. I don’t WANT to have dual perspective but I feel like it’s necessary?? Idk, I also feel like my story would be a little stagnant if I didn’t include the other protagonist’s POV
What do I do if I have five main protagonists!?!? I need help!! Do you have any thoughts about this? I love how you explain writing and you have helped me so much with my novel but you said that you can usually only make 3 protagonists. I really love all my characters and want all of them to have a part in this book. There is one protagonists that has more screen time then the others and is the main main character. Anyway what would you do in this situation and what should I do to make it less confusing for the readers.
I'm in the same situation as you, but I'll be able to get away with only 3 POV because two of them will interact with the other two characters without POV, so they'll tell their story in their view. I would have liked to have 5 different POVs, but I think it's a bit too much.
@AbbieEmmons Should I write the first part of the book from the first character's POV and then the second part of the book from the second character's POV OR should one chapter be from the first character, the second from the second character, the third from the first and so on?
How do you mesh the two bullet point outlines together? Do you like have one character have their aha moment in one chapter then the next chapter has the other characters aha moment? How does that work? How do you mesh the two outlines together? Anyone is open to respond since I am outlining it this week and its uh... confusing....
My two protagonists are the same person from alternate universes, who's world views are completely turned upside-down when they discover each others existence and struggle to create their own identities.
That sounds awesome. I would so love to read that.
That's so interesting! If you ever publish your story, I want to read it! :D
Dudeee! Keep us updated! That sounds like such a cool concept!
I would love to read this!!
Fascinating as Spock would say. Let us know when you're ready for ARC readers. I'll gladly be one.
I'm currently writing my second novel and it's in dual POV. I'm having so much fun with these characters.
Great job!
Nice did you self publish or traditional publishing
Wow😮
same
My twin sister and I are co-authoring. We are writing dual protagonists. I am writing one and she is writing the other. The characters are opposite personalities but they impact each other throughout the entire story. We used your 3-act story outline and have loved the results. We feel very strong about the outline and are excited to begin the first draft soon.
sounds interesting
My book as a group of 4 or 5 main characters. It's gonna be told from 2 POVs for the most part, but I may give a few chapters to another POV sometimes, but not often.
thesamuraiman that is very similar to what I have planned for my fan fiction.
@@vincentabramo7175 What's ypur fanfic about?
yeah same exept ive got like *insert finger counting* 8, plus an anti-hero thats more of an antagonist thats less in the main cast and also two villains, a wimp to set up plus a twist one
I'm going to write a story with 4 characters and each of them has their own POV. I'm honestly quite scared and excited, but this video really helped me clear some stuff out !! tysm
Same but with 5
@CyberPup 22 Writing with 4 characters is something that really is hard to do, so sometimes it's truly better to have 2 well done characters than 4 superficial ones!! Hope your story goes well, bet it'll turn out amazing!! I started working on that story but I just felt really unprepared to write it, so I came back to the preparation, but it's going really well.
I didn't know that you could actually have the different font for each character, that's magnificient.
I love dual POV stories. I've written a fantasy trilogy with 5 different POVs and I actually think I've done all the things you talk about. Each character is different and distinct, they all effect each other, and they weren't randomly picked from the cast. It's very fun to write all the different POVs.
This sounds great.
For my current novel, I have a different purpose to my switching pointS of view. Both are written third person, but Protag is deep, the other(s) are limited. I want to show something happening at a location to which the Protag will be going. E.g. the villain setting a trap. This will hopefully increase the tension for the reader as the Protag nears the trap.
I'm currently working on a book where I have four main points of view. I have to say, it is difficult. I try to advance the story with each POV and leave it at a cliffy as to what happens next with each one. I love your vids. You are awesome!
OMG THIS IS PERFECT TIMING! Literally just finished re-outlining for draft two where, on top of all the other revision fixes, I'm adding a second POV *screams* Thanks so much for all your help
I'm currently outlining a sequel in a series that is multi POV and dual timeline. Totally agree with how much more depth dual POVs give to a story, especially a romance. Love your videos! Rock on 🤘
I'm writing my story in dual POV. Its an urban fantasy mystery with two characters who are falling in love and trying to keep their relationship platonic as they solve the mystery. I'm enjoying this narrative style and having fun getting into the thoughts and emotions, which I am bestowing upon them, of my pairing!
I'm currently writing a novel and during the whole time of planning and outlining everything, I've been watching your videos and following your advice, and it's made this process so much easier and more exciting for me to think of, so thank you 🤩😭
I hadn't thought about putting how they matter to each other as the focus, but that's a great idea. You have such interesting ideas in this video!
But, how do you know when to switch POVs?
Or how do you choose which character gets the POV at each particular point in the story?
And how much should the POVs overlap chronologically?
I think it depends on the situation/scen and ur personal prefrences in narrating each scene if u would want it on 1stpov or 3rd pov etc
@@verxatile5411 Like, a pov from the perpective of a, another one for b and the last one for what actually hapened?
For future reference, what character will have the most at stake/would be the most interesting narritavely in a scene.
I know I'm a year late to this but @Tiyev my best tip is to decide which characters are you the most drawn to? These characters are probably unique hence why you're drawn to the Another way to decide is which characters are complete opposites? And then, of course, why do they matter to each other? For example in my Novel my two main protagonists were best friends but then one of them left and they meet years later! They matter to each other as not going to spoil too much but one of them remembers the other whereas the other protagonist doesn't remember their friend! So yea these are my tips hope this helps you are anyone else struggling to decide!
What I think is that for each character you have different conflicting events that probably overlap. With each event, you need to decide who is affected the most at the time and then write their scene.
Very timely. I'm connecting with an abandoned manuscript which will have 3 POVs and a narrator. I might even be able to avoid the organizational nightmares of my first book by using your structuring and outlining suggestions. Eager to try it. Your presentations are clear, to the point, entertaining, and a visual treat. Thanks.
I'm currently writing my first novel and I'm outlining, but don't really have a specific plot worked out for the second main character yet -- so far, her literal personality is that she dies to save the other main character at the end. This video helped a lot -- thank you!
This is the reason I failed my Camp Nano novel this summer, writing multiple POVs and keeping it interesting is much harder than it sounds in my opinion. Thank you for explaining!
If anyone wants to read some examples of books with multiple POVs that are done well, here are some recommendations: The Secret Language of Sisters (amazing book with two POVs) and Restart (also great, and with I think four POVs)
Wow a writing tips video that's to the point, informative, and not regurgitated fluff? I didnt think that was possible. THANK YOU!
An amazing dual POV book is called The Beauty Of The Moment. I'm still reading it and Im not quite done but its SOOOOO good!
I had so much fun writing my dual perspective novel, Love and Other Sins. It’s out everywhere now! I walked into Barnes and Noble the other day and 5 hardcovers were displayed on the shelf in a great spot. I cried. Best feeling ever. This is an awesome video. Good job.
That must be an amazing feeling! Congrats!
I’m writing a book with 2 points of view and I would love another video about this topic but in more depth cause I want to make sure I’m doing it right. Especially when it comes to switching povs
You are such a genius. I've been mainlining your videos for 3 days and I feel like it's a masterclass in fiction writing. Thank you for all of the work you've put into these videos!
You have no idea how much I needed this right now! I'm starting to plan a sequel that adds another POV and I don't even know where to begin balancing between the two! Thanks for the advice! Xx
multiple POVs gives more depth, and it really shows how the characters world views are so different and somethings even wrong. love it in graphic novels!!!!
I'm about to try writing a story with two povs and this helped so so much!! I am honestly so excited even though it's my first time because the character's story fits so well and It's just so fun 'cause one character is snarky and a jokester than the other main character is like uptight and works hard.
This is great! I am writing a story from more than two characters POV, and i just realized how much help I need on that.
Thank you Abbie! 💛
I did 3 points of view in my novel. Each showing very distinct sides to the story. Each side is basically the deception, the war or the experiment.
I’m writing my first normal book that is adventure (with a bit of fantasy) for young teenagers and two princesses from different countries with different characteristics. They will meet because of war but they are also related by blood. And it’s exciting writing different povs :)
I have 6 different protagonists. When I write dual POVs is at times the characters are separated or to see one characters view of something that just happened. I, also, write with one of the 6 as the main POV each book. It's a 7 book series. It gives each character time to shine because there's so many of them
I like dual povs and curren writing a novel with dual povs, this was very helpful!
Great video Abbie! I only started writing my story a few months ago, but have been doing character development based on your suggestions for many months! I have been struggling with how to interweave my dual POV's as their timelines are 100 years apart. I appreciate your advice and live for my Wednesday mornings! :) Keep up the amazing work and I can't wait to read your book!
Hang on - got a hot chocolate, my teddy and my notebook. Let's begin.
I usually only write one protagonist in first person but for this story I'm venturing into dual first person POV because I think it will make the story more interesting. It's been a challenge. Abbie's videos have been super helpful though!
My story involves a school for psychic abilities-only 5 or 6 students-on another planet. Because they’re developing telepathy, multiple POV seemed necessary, but there was nothing out on this when I started this. I had concluded that 2 characters would be the main POVs, but your video clarified several things. When a few of the women are chitchatting telepathically, it didn’t seem like there would BE a main POV, but I guess I need to rethink this. Great video!
I'm writing a story with 2 protagonists. Thanks for the insight.
My main WIP has multiple povs but the two protagonists definitely get the most pov time. I've rewritten so many scenes in order to decide whose pov gets used where and still have a few places I'm debating rewrites to avoid having too many povs overall!
I love dual POVs, personally it’s a interactive insightful way of displaying 2 different alternate perspectives. It allows for things to be less limiting and more open minded to many possibilities.
LOVE your videos. I am writing my first novel with 2 POV. thanks for the tips!
I am writing a dual-perspective Christian YA romance. This video is super helpful! I was just going on my writer instinct on this, and while I did know/figure out quite a few of your tips, I missed quite a few as well.
I love the dual POV. Thank you so much for the info!
Me: wanting to write novels and having to look up how tos bcs they didnt teach me in school
My teacher: an entire semester of how to make a debate
I am writing a fanfic with dual protagonists and have been trying to write a book with two protagonists for years that I had to switch the main one because of another video you made. That one is my backup novel for NaNoWriMo this year. My main one is a single POV YA contemporary romance.
My first draft comes down to two povs, with a few chapters in the pov of specific characters to show very specific details and ways of thinking. Especially showing the viewpoint of the antagonist. I hope this will read exciting for the reader.
I wrote my whole story from my MC POV. However, it's only 45k words, and there are three chapters that would benefit from a different POV. I have both characters written out (Misbelief, personality, etc.). I'm looking at 3:1 ratio of MC1 to MC2 as MC1 is the main main character, and MC2 is the love interest, but still more important than other characters. I'm a little nervous. But, I'm confident that it will improve it. If it doesn't work, then I can go back to 1 POV since that's the original manuscript. Thanks for all you help Abbie.
My two main characters are one good and one bad (however, at the beginning of the flashback, that bad MC actually wasn't that bad yet) have one female side character that goes along with two MCs' journey, but that means I have to switch from each MC's POV and into the female side character's POV. So how do I do that?
I want to write with two protagonists now. Thanks for these videos
I’m working on a dual timeline story and this was so helpful!
The one I'm working on is like that, but it's more like "are they even different timelines?"
I've always written dual POV by determining who the scene is more important too (and whose internal conflict is being challenged more)
I am writing a dual POV and it covers many years. I am a glutton for punishment. Thanks for covering topics that appeal specifically to me😅
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I like two for romance. It's great to get both sides of the impressions of the other. Adds to the story. So i'm writing a romance with 2 POV
I’m really excited to write my third book in the series I’m working on because book one followed protagonist one, and book two followed protagonist two, and the third book will follow both of them. I cannot explain how excited I am!!!
Well, *that* is genius!
On my plot outline I've been trying to have FOUR point of views, and it's difficult right now because of these reasons:
1. I switch between the POVs by changing the font. Then I realized it will be too much, and each POV should have their own chapter. I was thinking of it like what we see on Netflix, where they sometimes have multiple POVs in each episode, but that's probably going to be confusing.
2. My four main protagonists do have some similarities, but with different purposes, so I'm still trying to figure it out.
Amazing. Mine is dual POV dystopia romance
I'm stepping out of my comfort zone I'm writing a contemporary with dual povs wish me luck
I'm writing a case of people who grew up together in a series of four books, followed by their childhood, teenage years, young adulthood and adulthood. There is a main protagonist, but he will be a secondary character in the second book. In some ways the group of friends are all protagonists. The antagonist is the traumata or significant events happened in their lives, if you don't count the bully Queen Bee (she's not a negative character at all).
I am writing a book with two protagonists' POVs and I am super struggling to make them different because they are such similar people D: I'm going to watch your other video about rocking a character voice and see if that helps!
I have 3 main characters - the female mc, and her love interest (mmc) fall in love but navigating their way through an impending war that the mmc’s twin brother (villain) began. The two twins are opposites to each other, and the female is the main driver to the series, and going to use the 3 act story structure and make 3 books, but also hoping to make side stories of other events that happen throughout the book that have significant influence but don’t quite have a place in the main story arc without taking away from the main plot
I don't really do showing same thing from different points of view as a separate final scene, but sometimes I will write it anyway just so I know what that character is thinking, then I meld it in to the scene. This is usually the antagonist's pov, but I have done this from three points of view in romance because threesomes are more difficult than you would imagine when its actual romance and the characters will have a real relationships afterward. This can mean you are changing from two protagonists to three. Two protagonists is far more interesting than one. One would be flatout boring.
I have 3 pov protagonists, and this is my first book. I know thats a lot, but i cant see the book without them
what to do when the scenes overlap in dual povs ? When to write it in both perspectives and when to skip from one's perspective?
with my friends we make characters who act like us, we always talk about our ideas of how to intercal the stories. It's base of HP, and I will show them this for they characters. owo
Is it a coincidence that I had been reading _Will Grayson, Will Grayson_ and then this vdo pops up on my feed?
Hey Abbie! Can you please answer my questions:
Can the protagonist have material truth?
Can you make a case study for Harry Potter Series? (Cause I am writing fanfiction for that series)
I'm late, but I'm gonna try to write a dual POV. Two lovers that are pretty opposite of each other with two different childhoods. It'll be my first novel so I hope it goes well for me.
Love this! The story I am writing I was trying to mix the POVs of both the protagonist and antagonist (serial killer). Could this be a dangerous setup? LOL Not sure exactly how I should run it, but I will definitely be using your method/prep to try and figure out. I feel mixing antagonist and protagonist views would make an interesting read.
Same Here I two People But not bot Protagonists. makes me Wonder if that works for it that way not being both the Good guys
Very cool idea!
@@annon1gaming777 I think it would add some spice, but implementating it could be a bit tricky. I tried, but felt it may give too much away in terms of plot?
True it can be tricky but I think it could be done without giving away the story if it is done right and it could give the Suprise when it is done.
Working on a dual POV where one lead is hunting the other as part of a bounty. However, he comes to understand there is more to his target than he expected, and the shocking truth about why he was hired to bring her in alive will call into question everything he thought was important about himself and his world, and lead him to join the last person he ever expected to ally with against a powerful magocratic empire.
I'm currently in the beginning of a story idea, I plan having 2 protagonists but also their cat might be the narrator in 2 or 3 chapters.
Wow! Thanks this is so helpful
My camp nano project was one POV. My november nanowrimo from last year was a crime novel with two POV. Im debating three. Trying to see if i can really make it work with just two.
Practicing every technique told by Abbie in my fanfic that I'm currently re-writing hehe
ah girl! I needed this video. Do you think ppl look down on books that have two POV’s? especiallyif they are interested in one another?
I don't write in actual dual-POV, but my epilogue is written from another character's perspective and his thoughts on things change how the reader views him. Throughout the book, he becomes more and more intransparent, both to the reader and to the characters because his entire world was turned upside down when he found out that what he believed in and what he oriented his life towards is incorrect and he doesn't know what and whom to believe anymore. Therefore, he acts differently than before and does things he wouldn't have done before and nobody really understands why. But the epilogue makes it a lot clearer, at least to the reader. After reading the epilogue, the reader knows more about him than the protagonist, which is only possible because of the shift in POV, or through foreshadowing, maybe. But I don't foreshadow because I want the reader to feel exactly like the MC at that moment, and foreshadowing would make that impossible because the reader would be worried about and think about things the MC didn't worry or think about back when the scene happened. (Just like I was when I was reading the book thief and death was like "later, Liesel wished she had kissed Rudy back than because she now doesn't have the chance to do so anymore because he is dead." Or something along those lines. Every time Rudy was in the slightest danger, I worried about him dying now and all I thought about was when and how he was going to die. Maybe Marcus Zuzak wanted to achieve just that, but I'm not aiming for something like that.)
My novel is a companion trilogy and each book is from the POV of a different person, but also each book switches POVs between other characters 😬 so book one is my protagonist + her friend/love interest (kinda), book two is the protagonist's other friends + Her love interest + a minor antagonist, and book three is the main antagonist's daughter + a bit from someone close to the protagonist. It's crazy, and yeah I've kinda had to plan them out together because of it, and because you don't figure out all the answers until the third book
Did you even started?!! I also want a trilogy, and I have half of a second draft of the first book.
@@francisthompson3772 I have! I'm currently revising book 1
Question for anyone who reads this.
I have a main character who is mute and speaks through sign language. I love the first person perspective to write for this character so that people will better understand what's going on in his head when normally he's restricted to expressing his thoughts to the few people in the book who speaks sign language. It's a fantasy story as well, with different characters that we switch to throughout as the story needs, and I'd love to keep these parts in 3rd person, especially since the characters end up together at different times in the story.
So here's the question. With all this considered, would it make more sense to switch from first person to 3rd person POV throughout the book?
I am currently writing my first story (teen fiction) but I had a trouble of which POV I'm gonna used in the first few chapters since I want them both to have a voice in every chapter
Not sure if this is a stupid question but I'm currently outlining a book with dual protagonists and I was wondering if you think it would work for those two characters to also be the antagonists of each other?
Late reply but that's a solid plot like literally if you wrote it good like real good
It's gonna be GOOD
It's a tool worth using, because it associates both the internal and external conflict, particularly if it's in first POV. You explore their thoughts and techniques in a fight whether it's an act to throw one off guard or trick them into believing they're weaker, thus lured into a false sense of security.
I'm currently working on a book with dual protagonists.
I know your "assign a distinct font to each POV character" is about print, but would an audiobook analogous situation be "assign a distinct narrator?"
And sometimes (I guess it depends on the story) the inciting Incident could be the same for both! Example: the protagonists may have "known" each other even if not in person (that's part of my current WIP) but the i.i. could be when they *do* meet in person (and the reaction of each POV character could be "what's the other POV character doing here?" Or, "Wait... is that the other POV character in the first place?"
I'm writing about 2 Kingdoms. The main character has friends in one of the Kingdoms and I developed these friends personalities. But the main character left the first Kingdom crossed the sea to know the second one. I left the friends characters behind but I would like to give them a developing story in paralel, but I am afraid because these friends doesnt impact the main character's life anymore... Can I end the book with two stories that started together, but do not cross any more? I love doing these kind of stories gosh 😄
I'm currently writing my first novel with a dual POV
I tried 4 povs. Good lord the chapter lengths were chaos.
I am writing a form of dual POV. I’m using the secondary protagonist as a vehicle to bring a man-on-the-street perspective to a (hard) science based story. I don’t plan on developing his storyline as much as the main protagonist (a female scientist), but his character will experience a character arc. I hope this is a viable plan as far as potential readers, an agent, and a publisher matter. Thoughts anyone?
Sounds good to me. I think the secondary protagonist should have some insight that the main protagonist doesn’t have, so that when he does say something to her, it is something she has to chew on. They’ll argue of course, but if she doesn’t find value in him (beyond the romance) then neither will the readers. I love smart women but hate stories where all the men are mental duds. I can’t relate.
basically, my slowburn romance is switching back and forth between the two main characters as they become friends and eventually fall in love
Wish I had seen this before writing a 6 POV story. XD
I started my first novel attempt in a long time recently and had a dual protagonist. My outline was quite bad and it showed in my writing. I got lost along the way and will probably have to rewrite the entire thing. I am 40k words in and only 1/3 -1/2 way through the plot. I will try your suggestions to salvage it
I am writing a story with duel protagonist but it’s the same character at different points in their life
Not sure if this is a theme, but Princess and the Pauper retelling (possibly) with long lost identical twins who were separated at birth.
My main question is,
If I have two characters, and both their misbeliefs are different, will I have two different climaxes as well?
Or will it just be one climax that includes both characters fears they need to face?
Thank you so much😭💕
Abbie, how do I decide whether to write from one or two protagonists? The potential is there
i have a question 😭
how would you punctuate it?? like would you defiantly do something like
--- Character B's POV ---
or would you just switch up the font and the readers would know?
I am having troubles thinking of a way to transition from not only multiple povs, but also from a possible outside prospective. I guess that could be a way to add more characters. l don't know.
I am writing a book with twins Ellery and Everett and they each get a pov
I’m writing dual but the story centres mostly around the first protagonist and how everything effects them whereas the other protagonist is the spark and one of the many reasons why these things happen to the other protagonist. I don’t WANT to have dual perspective but I feel like it’s necessary?? Idk, I also feel like my story would be a little stagnant if I didn’t include the other protagonist’s POV
What do I do if I have five main protagonists!?!? I need help!! Do you have any thoughts about this? I love how you explain writing and you have helped me so much with my novel but you said that you can usually only make 3 protagonists. I really love all my characters and want all of them to have a part in this book. There is one protagonists that has more screen time then the others and is the main main character. Anyway what would you do in this situation and what should I do to make it less confusing for the readers.
I'm in the same situation as you, but I'll be able to get away with only 3 POV because two of them will interact with the other two characters without POV, so they'll tell their story in their view. I would have liked to have 5 different POVs, but I think it's a bit too much.
@AbbieEmmons Should I write the first part of the book from the first character's POV and then the second part of the book from the second character's POV OR should one chapter be from the first character, the second from the second character, the third from the first and so on?
How do you mesh the two bullet point outlines together? Do you like have one character have their aha moment in one chapter then the next chapter has the other characters aha moment? How does that work? How do you mesh the two outlines together? Anyone is open to respond since I am outlining it this week and its uh... confusing....