Unofficial Poll Type Thing

[kiretozhe]

So National Novel Writing Month is over and done with. But I keep hearing about this little group project. Something about people turning December into Finish Your Novel Month. Gets me thinking. Do I really want to work on finishing Red Someone throughout the month of December? Not even sure I can say I'll finish it if I try, but I am

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[yellowrosetx]

I bulloxed the first round so....

1. I like her. She seems a bit lost at times, but that is probably age and life circumstance related.

2. A lot of authors change viewpoints in their stories. It can make for a richer story because you get both an inside and outside viewpoint. By that I mean your readers see things through a character's mind and that character through the mind of others. It can give more depth to all of your characters.

Your readers only know what you let them.

[ehzoterik]

Thank you, Cathy, for sounding like a textbook. What I mean is: Pretend for a moment that you haven't read any of the previous stories about Salvador that I've posted here. Pretend you don't know the character any better than how he's been presented in Red Someone thusfar. Then I'd like to know, do you think I should start a new part of the story from his point of view? Or should I stick with Vicky and maintain as much mystery and allure as I can?

I know full well my readers only know what I let them. The difference here is that most of you have already seen sides of Salvador that I don't usually show. My intent with Red Someone was to return to his original mystery. Once upon a time he was a strange kid that nobody understood. Before all the chaos ensued concerning his heritage and such

[yellowrosetx]

Eh... maintain the mystery. Keep people wanting more until the end. It would be good to see her through his eyes for a bit, though.