POV Is A Tricky Thing

I thought I had it planned out well from the beginning. And I told myself I wouldn't change it. But now, after having written my entire manuscript in first person point of view (POV), I've decided it needs to be third person POV (past tense, more than likely limited).

I'd started pondering the possibility of such a change a week or so ago, and by Saturday I was convinced it's what needs to happen.

Going through the ms for this change, much of which I've already edited, both daunts and excites me. It will be a mundane, time-consuming task to convert all the Is and mines to shes and hers. But I think it'll give way to a better story, and prove helpful for my job of showing vs. telling.

Has anyone else made a similar change so late in the process?