From: Bludis Jack <
buildsnburns@yahoo.com>
>
> Bill Crider wrote:
>>>I was irritated by several things in THE
LAST
DETECTIVE, but what really got me was that near the end, when
the third-person viewpoint shifted rapidly, there were little
headings to tell me whose viewpoint I was getting. I'm pretty
slow, but I can usually figure stuff like that out without
much prompting. It was unnecessary and it took me out of the
story.<<<
> Character headings at the beginning of a
session
> is helpful, I think, unless the author makes
sure
> we know who is speaking.
> Other than character headings, I like the
first
> sentence of each section to begin with the
name
> of the character whose head we are in.
I concur with Jack. I have a mild preference to have the POV
transitions marked in a more subtle way than headers, but
that pales to my strong aversion to completely unmarked
transitions. Even double-spacing between perspective shifts
is better than nothing. Among authors I otherwise enjoy, I
got turned off of Deaver because of this problem, and
Pelecanos is frequently guilty as well.
Pat
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