Story POV

Murakami

Murakami

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Right now you can only set a story to have one POV (1st, 2nd, 3rd). It would be convenient to be able to set multiple or have a multiple setting, since especially in larger stories different authors (or even the same author in different branches can use different POVs. Either that or just change to not listing it.

POV gender is also and awkward setting. It might be better to have straight, gay, bi, any, etc. to make it clear what kinds of content it should have, instead of trying to specify "pov character gender."

Alternatively both of these specifications could be dropped. They are the least pertinent for search and frequently ignored.
 
I don't think authors should be able to specify more than one POV.
If they can, they might simply specify all of them, so they appear in searches more often.
Though I guess something like "Mixed" might work.

I don't see an issue with POV gender at all.
Maybe an additional option like "Other" might be useful.
If you have a story with the main characters being a man and a woman, it makes quite a difference whether the POV is the man, the woman, or if it switches between them.
As for the sexual orientation of the story, I think it would be better to have another category layer for that.
 
Check out my story Wishes. It has branches in 1st and 3rd person and all different kinds of POV characters (including changing pov char with chapter inside the same branch), so the listing is wrong/meaningless.
 
I’ve now added Mixed as a narrative POV option and Non-binary for POV character gender. I’ve also renamed Both to Multiple genders. I hope this works better for stories that switch perspectives across chapters and branches!
 
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