It's not hard to keep the guys in character (or at least my interpretation of their characters), as long as I keep the core motivations in mind. For Spike, I see that as belonging. He doesn't want to be alone, so he will adapt to keep people in his life. That's one reason why I see him as the ultimate switch in terms of power play. But even if he takes a dom position, I don't see him doing anything to threaten that ability to belong. For Xander I see this need for respect and to do the right thing. He wants people around him to need him, and it's easy to move Spike into that position.
I guess I write more from Xander's point of view because that is the "everyman" who's watching all this incredible stuff, and so it makes it easier for me to image the surprise, the horror, the fear and then put it into words. The longer I write, the more comfortable I'm getting with POV, but it's easier to make people believe my universe when I'm describing the knee-shaking terror than it is to describe something as alien as the joy of killing or the taste of blood.
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Date: 2006-06-09 04:47 pm (UTC)I guess I write more from Xander's point of view because that is the "everyman" who's watching all this incredible stuff, and so it makes it easier for me to image the surprise, the horror, the fear and then put it into words. The longer I write, the more comfortable I'm getting with POV, but it's easier to make people believe my universe when I'm describing the knee-shaking terror than it is to describe something as alien as the joy of killing or the taste of blood.