A Trick for Editing Multiple Points-Of-View
June 15th, 2026
2 mins 40 secs
Season 10
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I'm still going to push forward with this trick, but it's less effective at times.
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Transcript
Back in 2020, I started writing this space fantasy -- or space fairytale? Whichever. It took me two attempts, but I finished it back at the end of November.
My plan was to edit 20k a month until I was done, but that didn't go so well. I hit April with barely 16,000 words edited in total. April's Camp NaNo is going much better for me, and part of that is I decided to switch up how I was editing my manuscript.
What tip (or trick) helped me?
Edit A Single Point-Of-View All The Way Through
Instead of bouncing between characters -- with different voices, motivations, and storylines, I stuck with one character and pushed forward.
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And it worked! I made a lot of progress.
Until... it stopped working.
Why It Only Sometimes Works
Well, my favorite part of a multiple point-of-view story is when everything starts to come together. And? My main character's storyline interweaves with each of the other characters at different points -- which means some of the scenes she's in are told by the other point-of-view character.
It's a little harder to skip the other chapters when they move the main character's plotline forward.
Oh well, at least it worked for a while? My plan right now is to push through, and then maybe do a full read-through at the end, bouncing between all the characters.
Have you edited a multi-point-of-view manuscript? Did you go through in story order, each character at a time, or something else entirely?