Wondering Something
Hey all, this is my first post here, and as the title says, I'm wondering about something.
I'm currently on the first draft of my fantasy novel series - I hope to get it published, but I recognize that's a long way off. I plan for the novel to be dual-PoV, with the PoVs on opposite ends of the continent and dealing with parallel problems. I almost want it to feel like they could be read separately and still be complete stories until the PoVs inevitably collide. It's something I'd like to try for all the books in this particular series I'm planning.
What I'm wondering is whether that's a structure a publisher would go for, or if they would just keep them as separate books? I know some might be put off by the way it's done, though I'm hoping both PoVs will be engaging in their own ways, and what's in one PoV will inform things in the other.
I ask this mainly because I'm nearing the climax of one PoV, and I'm already at 23 chapters (and likely well over 50k words already), and I suspect I might push 40-45 before it's through. Things will obviously get adjusted and moved about in the shuffle of editing - those won't be the final numbers - but slipping in the extra PoV feels like a big ask when it's probably going to add potentially half that amount or more to the whole thing.
My guess is that if it's good enough, it probably won't matter; if publishers don't like the idea of one big book, well, then, there's technically two they can choose from! But I have no experience regarding what publishers would think since I've only ever published my writing on the Internet.
What do y'all think?
Posted Jun 3, 2026, 11:44 PM UTC