POV in short stories

by Penny Gadd
19th January 2017

If a writer chooses to use the universal POV in a story (God's eye view) how many principal characters would you think is reasonable for the reader to follow?

I'm writing a longish short story at the minute - it's going to be over 5,000 words, I think - and I seem to be using too many characters. I'm going to re-write and pare down the number, but I'd be interested to hear what other people thought about the matter in the abstract.

Thanks

Penny

Replies

Hi Penny. I would think in a short story any more than 2 or 3 prIncipal characters might be a bit much, but that's just my opinion. I suppose it depends on the story and the writer. Not that helpful really am I? It's hard without seeing the writing. I look forward to reading it if you decide to post it anyway,

Clare

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