I am editing my contemporary story which was (and still is in places) littered with head-hopping. It hasn't bothered my first beta readers, but I can see why it is hated by most.
In my attempt at eradicating the offending head-hopping, I find myself having to decide which scene should be written from which POV (so far, either the MC Claire, the other MC Jake and Claire's daughter Natasha).
I am now wondering whether I should carry on with this trend, or stick to just Claire's POV.
I feel anxious about it, because I really care about Jake and his point of view, but really, the main character is Claire and how their different goals clash and the changes it brings in Claire is the topic of the book.
I think that I head hopped in the first place because I like knowing all that happens in people's head and because I thought that the readers would like that too... But now I am wondering whether most readers of contemporary fiction would prefer one POV only, to get attached to Claire and to accompany her throughout as she does...
Your thoughts?
In my attempt at eradicating the offending head-hopping, I find myself having to decide which scene should be written from which POV (so far, either the MC Claire, the other MC Jake and Claire's daughter Natasha).
I am now wondering whether I should carry on with this trend, or stick to just Claire's POV.
I feel anxious about it, because I really care about Jake and his point of view, but really, the main character is Claire and how their different goals clash and the changes it brings in Claire is the topic of the book.
I think that I head hopped in the first place because I like knowing all that happens in people's head and because I thought that the readers would like that too... But now I am wondering whether most readers of contemporary fiction would prefer one POV only, to get attached to Claire and to accompany her throughout as she does...
Your thoughts?