Hi!
So in the process of revising and editing my first novel, I was wondering how many of you authors and writers felt about the stream of consciousness in your novels or works.
That is, certain writers write one main character in a limited, third person point of view where everything is as that one person knows and they write the thoughts and inner feelings of that one character throughout the entire novel; and some writers write differing streams of consciousness where, for example, one chapter it might be about one character's thought processes and emotions, the next one is about a different character's thought processes and emotions, all while things happen to them.
For example, my first chapter is about the first character and what happens to him, and all the thoughts and processes of this one character while said situation happens to him. The second chapter is about a second character - main character too, of course, who hasn't met the first yet, but is important to the story and understanding how they think and what brings them to meeting the first character is an important nuance to seeing how they act in the future.
I've read a bunch of different examples, and it seems to vary mainly between writers, but I was wondering what "worked." That might sound like a really dumb term to call it, but for the more experienced writers, does it matter, for example, for readers? Is it important in erotica - to readers, writers, and publishers - to remain with a single stream of consciousness?
Thank you so much and I'm sorry if my question didn't make much sense!
So in the process of revising and editing my first novel, I was wondering how many of you authors and writers felt about the stream of consciousness in your novels or works.
That is, certain writers write one main character in a limited, third person point of view where everything is as that one person knows and they write the thoughts and inner feelings of that one character throughout the entire novel; and some writers write differing streams of consciousness where, for example, one chapter it might be about one character's thought processes and emotions, the next one is about a different character's thought processes and emotions, all while things happen to them.
For example, my first chapter is about the first character and what happens to him, and all the thoughts and processes of this one character while said situation happens to him. The second chapter is about a second character - main character too, of course, who hasn't met the first yet, but is important to the story and understanding how they think and what brings them to meeting the first character is an important nuance to seeing how they act in the future.
I've read a bunch of different examples, and it seems to vary mainly between writers, but I was wondering what "worked." That might sound like a really dumb term to call it, but for the more experienced writers, does it matter, for example, for readers? Is it important in erotica - to readers, writers, and publishers - to remain with a single stream of consciousness?
Thank you so much and I'm sorry if my question didn't make much sense!