tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9203846063679523476.post4769024722519042073..comments2023-09-05T19:51:28.768+10:00Comments on Mary Hawkins' blog: Knowing and Understanding - Two different things?Mary Hawkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12603850711168486457noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9203846063679523476.post-57302092714404341962012-07-20T18:28:33.592+10:002012-07-20T18:28:33.592+10:00Like so many writers with their first manuscript, ...Like so many writers with their first manuscript, I'd never heard of "head-hopping", Anne. It seems that more and more editors these days want change of POV indicated by a double space or even a new chapter. Too many changes in the same scene can certainly drag me out of the story, but as long as not too many times and skillfully done so I know immediately which "head" it does not worry me over much. However, that also depends of course on the power of the story. Story rules!Mary Hawkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12603850711168486457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9203846063679523476.post-30023884298905285862012-07-20T16:55:15.478+10:002012-07-20T16:55:15.478+10:00Hi Mary
What great comments! More and more I'v...Hi Mary<br />What great comments! More and more I've come to appreciate deep POV as a writing technique. I've recently been reading the series, The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel, for review and can't help but notice the head-hopping. It's not so irritating that I want to stop reading but it's irritating enough to pull me up occasionally with the thought: 'This book would be so much better if the point of view was consistent.'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com