: Re: Writing a story with 10 POV characters (about a reality game show) I want to write a short-story about 10 players in a post-apocalyptic zombies game show, split between teams, the last survivor

@Kristi637

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While I personally dislike narratives with multiple POVs, it's a fairly common technique. Speaking as a reader, the obstacles you would need to overcome in order to reach me are:

Keeping it from becoming confusing --it can be hard to keep a
large cast of characters straight, even with one POV. You're
multiplying the problem with many.
Avoiding meaningless repetition
--with multiple points of view, you'll probably be hitting the same events multiple times. The trick will to be to make sure there's
something new and interesting each time you see the same event over.
The classic movie
Rashamon centers entirely around this technique.
Making it worthwhile --ten POV
characters sounds like a recipe for lots of filler. If you want
to do it, you'll need to give them each enough of a distinctive
voice and compelling POV in order to make it all seem
worth it to the reader. Nothing is worse than multiple POV where you can't keep track of whose POV you're seeing through at any given moment (or worse, don't care).

You're setting yourself up for a tough challenge. But sometimes the best work comes from accepting a tough challenge and exceeding all expectations.

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