Point of view
Verkilo tracks the point-of-view character for each section, so you always know whose head a scene lives in — and can spot when your viewpoints drift.
Setting a scene’s POV#
A POV character has to be in the scene first, so this is two short steps:
- Open the section in the editor.
- In the details panel, go to Section Details.
- If they’re not already listed, click Add character… and add the viewpoint character.
- Right-click their chip and choose Set as POV.
The character’s avatar now appears beside the section in the navigator.
Clearing it#
For a prologue, an omniscient passage, or a scene with no single viewpoint:
- Right-click the POV character’s chip in Section Details.
- Choose Clear POV.
Sections without a POV show an empty marker in the navigator rather than nothing at all, so an unassigned scene stays visible instead of quietly blending in.
Seeing POV across a book#
- Press
⌘⇧K/Ctrl+Shift+Kto open the overlay, then click Outliner. - Read down the Characters column — the POV character is marked in each row.
The corkboard shows the same marking on each card, if you’d rather see it spatially.
Read down the column and the shape of your book shows up quickly: one character dominating the middle third, a planned alternation that slipped two chapters ago, a viewpoint you introduced once and forgot.
Why it helps series#
Multi-book series often rotate viewpoints deliberately. Tracking POV per scene turns that structure into something you can see and balance, instead of something you hope you got right.