Good Guy vs. Bad Guy POV

Thought for the day:    What is written without effort is, in general, read without pleasure. [Samuel Johnson]

As you can probably tell by that nifty badge on the left, it's that time again.Time for our monthly IWSG posts. As always, thanks to our fearless leader, Alex Cavanaugh, for founding this fine group, and
 thanks to all the other nurturing guys and gals who've helped turn it into the thriving community it is today. To join this super supportive group of writers and to see links to other participating blogs, please go HERE

Why do so many people think it's easy-peasy to write a book? Anybody can do it, they say. Heck, they may even do it some weekend, too... just for a lark...

Maybe so, but like Samuel Johnson said, it takes effort to write something that's worth reading, and it takes lots of hard work to create something that's seamlessly easy to read.

But is it worth it? Is it worth all that effort... all the time, blood sweat and tears?

In a nutshell, yes. It may not be everyone's cuppa tea, but if you have a passion for writing, it's definitely worth the effort. When stories lurk inside of you like aliens poised to erupt from your chest, it feels sooooo good to let 'em out. To get those words, those thoughts, those stories, down on paper, onto the computer, and eventually into print is very fulfilling.

Writing may not be the road to fame and fortune, (Um, in my humble opinion, writers should NEVER calculate their hourly wages, especially if they write as slowly as I do.) but it takes us on an enjoyable journey down a road populated by lots of like-minded folks. Like the members of IWSG. (You guys rock!)

WRITING PROGRESS: I'm pleased to say I've finished rewriting the first part of Clinging to Hope. Now that my depiction of life in a girl's reform school is better aligned with the info provided by a gal who lived in Montrose School for Girls during the time period covered in my book, (How cool is that???) I'm finally ready to move forward.  Slowly, but... surely. (Way too soon to start throwing confetti, but I can at least celebrate with an ice cream sundae...)

Now, for this month's question:

Whose perspective do you like to write from best, the hero (protagonist) or the villain (antagonist)? And why?

Neither.

In Hot Flashes and Cold Lemonade, I chose more of an omniscient narrator POV, although Pearl is more or less the star of the show.

In Explosive Beginnings, Archie provides the major POV, but it's open to discussion as to whether he's the hero or the villain. Some readers hate him from the get-go, and others have a soft spot for him by the end of the book.

In books two and three of the Blast Rites trilogy, Samantha has the floor. She's the protagonist... or is she?

So for me? Bottom line, the most interesting character in any given story is likely to have the most interesting perspective, so that's the POV I want to use, regardless of that character's good guy/ bad guy role.

                                    Until next time, take care of yourselves. And each other.