Melinda

Melinda asked Lois McMaster Bujold:

In nearly all your books, you use only a single Point of View character, and generally I really love your close third person style. Recently, though, I was rereading The Warrior's Apprentice, and it occurred to me that Elena has a huge personal story that we don't get to see much of. Did you ever consider using a dual POV for this book, or otherwise consider letting us see the world through Elena's eyes?

Lois McMaster Bujold
WA, only my 2nd novel written, pretty much presented itself through Miles's eyes from the get-go. (My first venture into multiple viewpoint was Falling Free, written 4th.) So, no; though if readers find themselves thinking about the other characters' viewpoints, it's a good sign they're getting through the single-viewpoint character's filters (in some cases, blinders) well. I didn't experiment with dual viewpoint till irrc my 10th novel, The Spirit Ring.

Ta, L.

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