Do you write worse in your main characters POV than others?

the title says all. Help.

If you're better writing as your MC's friend, maybe, you could change the story a little and make the friend the MC. Or else you'll just have to work at it.

Actually, it's been done where the main character isn't the narrator. Just consider Sherlock Holmes, as an example.

I think that you're just more worried about the main character, since he/she is the most important, after all. Just write it; when you edit, you look back and see what might work better.

I tend to have this problem all the time. I don't know what it is, but I like to describe my main character himself from another person's point of view. I especially hate it when stories written in the first person are written from a hero's point of view. These all seem a little wannabe.

When I write from the point of view of my protagonist, I try to include points that are central to the plot, and only include those things that he would think. Of course, to do this you need to have a plot, and know your character well enough to know what he would say and when. It's pretty tough.

But if you truly want your reader to know and like your protagonist, it's very tough to achieve this effect without writing from your main character's perspective. If you take To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee for example, you see a masterfully crafted persona, with all of the character that someone like her might have. To get this level of detail from your character is tough.

I try to sketch my characters, writing different conversations from their perspectives with others. Before I write a character, I need to feel I know him. If you truly know your protagonist, I believe that you can write as well from their perspective as you can from anyone else's.

Good luck.

Well, do you have to write the story from you MC's PoV? If not, writing primarily from the friend's PoV shouldn't be an issue.

If you do have to write from your MC's PoV, I can only suggest getting to know your character better. One way of doing this is to think to yourself during your daily routine "How would X character do/think about this?" Another way is to take that character by themselves and come up with a really sticky situation for them then write what they do in story form. One other way is to role play as your character. Find someone to play another character and just go from there.

I prefer the last two methods and use them most often, and I'm often surprised by the results, especially with role-playing.

Hope that was helpful.

I tend to go through that problem a lot, too. I wouldn't suggest spending too much time worrying about it, or you'll end up doing what I do; ditch the story. I honestly would suggest switching your POV if you honestly can before you go in the same direction as me.

Or maybe have it be from mulitple POV's. I really like doing that because it seems like you can get more of the story that way. And you get to know things about some characters you might not have otherwise.

Hey.
If you're writing in this way, you don't have much confidence in your MC, and have to get to know him/her better.
This sounds stupid, I hear you ask: Of course I know my MC, I made him/her up!
This is entirely wrong, I personally have the same problem you have, because I love my 'baddie' but not my MC. What you have to do is try to write more in your MC's point of view, try to get into his/her character more. Put them in an everyday situation, and see how they react. For example, if they slip and fall in the street. Do they start crying immediately? Do they ignore it and walk on? Or maybe they're embarassed by the people staring after they fell?
Small things like this really help get your MC's personality out more. When you get to know and love your MC, your writing improves because you enjoy writing their scenes/ dialogue etc.

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xxmimixx

Well, I don't really l have an issue with a point of view with any character. But then again, some people do...The best I can say is that Mimimac really is dead on with this whole ordeal. It's not just a question of really developing and growing your character, it's the stuff that you put them through that will help make your POV stronger.

Imagine if your character gets hit by a car and does a flip in the air and rolls a few feet away. Imagine how that would feel. Put that into the words of the character. That should take care of the issue.