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Questions to ponder part 12
mare:
Poor AJ! You guys should know he is normal by his own definition of the word! Just as his manicurist and the guy who trims his beard!
RokofAges75:
That's why I took my song lyrics out of Broken and BMS, cause I scroll right past them when reading too, and I just felt like they were junking up the story. Like I said, no one seems to have noticed or complained LOL.
I don't like the POV thing either, especially when it changes mid-chapter. In the stories where I switch first person POVs, I just label the chapters with the character's name at the top, but you're right; it's probably not even necessary. Stories like Steph's Running Up That Hill show that, when written well, you can figure out which character is telling the story without the labels.
mare:
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on August 02, 2014, 05:22:09 AM ---They really are a good match!
Thanks for the mentions! I always picture the action-packed, suspenseful stories like movies in my head when I read them, anyway, so any of the ones mentioned would make great films! I also think there are certain stories that would be even better as movies because of the cool visuals that could go with them. Like "Whatever the Night May Bring" - you did a great job describing the sort of post-apocalyptic parallel universe in which most of the story takes place, Mare, but it would be so cool to actually see that depicted on the screen! It'd be even better if the Backstreet Boys played themselves... and their dopplegangers, of course!
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Thanks!
Hey if that girl Tatiana Maslany can play five of her dancing at once, anything is possible! LOL
The bird scene is what I always think of for that one. When they have to drive over all the dead birds in the road. Hearing the crunches. yikes!
rebellious_one:
That man is his own breed of special, lol.
mare:
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on August 02, 2014, 05:25:49 AM ---That's why I took my song lyrics out of Broken and BMS, cause I scroll right past them when reading too, and I just felt like they were junking up the story. Like I said, no one seems to have noticed or complained LOL.
I don't like the POV thing either, especially when it changes mid-chapter. In the stories where I switch first person POVs, I just label the chapters with the character's name at the top, but you're right; it's probably not even necessary. Stories like Steph's Running Up That Hill show that, when written well, you can figure out which character is telling the story without the labels.
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Yes, that's a great example.
I do switch POV's in the middle of chapters and usually the way I do it is by using the ~*~ and hope that everyone will just be able to tell. I guess that's another thing I do. I tend to have more than one POV per chapter. Mostly in my non suspense stuff.
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