: Re: Third person multiple pov in a crime mystery Fellow writers, I am plotting a crime mystery novel. I have the story and gist in place. It should have the "whodunit" element. I want to use

@Jennifer354

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The POV for each scene should be made clear very quickly. But that's not hard if you mention their name in the narration when doing something.

As mentioned above, you can just use "the killer" or something like that for the killer. Use "they" instead of "he/she", or even switch to first person.

The other thing is that most people wouldn't title themselves a "killer" but instead consider themselves an instrument of justice, vengeance, purification, etc - focusing on their motivation not the act. Make sure the killer has a realistic reason for doing what he does, whether revenge or God telling him to, to protecting others, not just "he's evil/crazy so he kills people".

6+ is a lot of POV characters. You'll need to work hard to build empathy, unless several are less-used side characters. Good luck.

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