Do you prefer a multi-character story told in FP to be FP for all the characters?
Is this a question for me? I have written stories both ways (well, one with two first person characters) and I think it's easier to write, IMO. I think FP for more than one character gets confusing, although it can be interesting in a story. For example, "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver is told from FP between 4 children and it works remarkably well. I would
not go that route lightly, and certainly not in the story I'm doing now.
Here's the issue I'm trying to solve:
I'm writing a first person story from only one person's point of view. There aren't multiple fp characters. If I were to write third person the story would be longer and I could potentially write from pov for three characters if I want the story really long.
I'm trying to figure out the best way to write it. I guess I'm wondering if I should break down and re-write in in 3rd person now (I'm at 40k words right now, so to avoid re-writing a longer story later), but I rather like it first person. Here are the issues:
1. If I flesh out the story I think it would lose its intimacy in that the story really is about 'her', the main character. She is in every scene and is the focal point (unless I change to 3rd person and I could make it more about a few others, too).
2. But then there's a lot of potential to really flesh out the world-building and stuff that I can't do if I focus just on her.
3. But then if I write 3rd person I could lose other stuff, like how her magic works, which is integral to the story.
4. You don't know what the other characters are thinking or their motivations, much might annoy readers.
5. I've found that fp makes the story much shorter, but I'm not sure it's a bad thing, unless it sacrifices making a cohesive story.
Does my conundrum make sense? Am I just being lazy?