Does Character POV important in novel?

[Kamelingil]

I basically made a lot of novels and only 1 of them have a POV chapter.

I don't know if Character POV is necessary or not, if it is then maybe I should change the style of my Main Novel once I come back from taking a break.

 

[georgelee5786]

Every story has a POV. You make it sound like you used the 3rd person POV(reader's view) rather than 1st person POV(character's view). Most people don't care about POV, so long as it is well written, but 3rd POV is a bit easier to write, I find.

 

[LilRora]

It largely depends on the kind of story. If you want to focus on the characters, POV chapters can be annoying because they distract. Even if they are related to the main storyline, it's an interruption some people won't like. If you want to focus on the plot though, POV chapters offer a lot of possibilities that regular narration doesn't, especially if it's a story written in 1st person. I wouldn't say it's necessary in either case, but the latter can greatly benefit if it's used appropriately, for example to compliment a fight with a scene from another perspective.

(Also, I think it's like my 4th time reiterating this across multiple threads...)

 

[Kamelingil]

It largely depends on the kind of story. If you want to focus on the characters, POV chapters can be annoying because they distract. Even if they are related to the main storyline, it's an interruption some people won't like. If you want to focus on the plot though, POV chapters offer a lot of possibilities that regular narration doesn't, especially if it's a story written in 1st person. I wouldn't say it's necessary in either case, but the latter can greatly benefit if it's used appropriately, for example to compliment a fight with a scene from another perspective.

(Also, I think it's like my 4th time reiterating this across multiple threads...)

So 1st Person narrative can be only used for slice of life stories?

 

[LilRora]

So 1st Person narrative can be only used for slice of life stories?

Um.
I'm not entirely sure how you arrived at that conclusion.

What I mean by that focus is, for example, when you're writing a story about a class being isekai'd into a fantasy world, focus on a character means writing about a single person or a small group that does things in the new world and develops mentally and emotionally. If you wanted to focus on the plot though, you would do less physiological development and you'd probably include multiple side POVs from the perspective of other classmates detailing how their overall situation evolves in the world.

The border is vague here, as it is with most things, because there's no rigid distinction between the two. Slice of life is like the extereme case where you don't focus on the plot at all because there's hardly any.

 

[MafiaNoble]

I think third person works for almost everything depending on you write, Not everyone enjoys multiple first persons POVS either so everything has their pro's and cons.

Just write the way you enjoy the most, If you only focus on what the audience wants and needs and not on your own comfort then at some point your gonna get burned out.

 

[RyujiSakamata]

fak rules. just write what u want and rock & roll to the world

 

[Corty]

Personally, I stick to one POV throughout the entire novel. If I write 3rd person, it will be in that, keeping consistency throughout the novel. If I write 1st person, then it stays in that. Also, in my 1st person books, I rarely switch POV. I write through the eyes of the MC, and in 60 chapters, only twice or thrice did I deviate from that.

Also, this:

fak rules. just write what u want and rock & roll to the world

 

[ThrillingHuman]

Like pov of a side character? Those can be useful if you know how to use them. Satan knows I don't

 

[Kamelingil]

Like pov of a side character?

The main characters

 

[Saberfang]

You can do what ever you want, but you should be consistent. If your going to write a story from a first person perspective, keep writing it that way. Don't just change between first and third person randomly. It will make it confusing and hard to read if you switch back and forth.

 

[KinoNoir]

Do you mean first person? I think it's important to maintain consistency, but some readers do have a preference. I used to write on another site and wrote an epic Wuxia, but I did it in first person POV. Readers complained that they expected 3rd person in that genre. I feel like 1st person is more immersive, but some people disagree.

Only thing I can suggest is not switching between 1st and 3rd at all in the book, and not switching to another character's POV throughout the entire chapter.