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RE: Method or Madness? Thoughts From A Steemit Fiction Curator
Head hopping is the issue that I always end up fighting... here's my main character, here's what he's experience... but wait, this guy is also experiencing this... oh the main guy wouldn't know that so how do I?
I've been charged with the same crime. Head hopping. And I fully expect a cartoon from .... okay, it starts with an a .... I'm almost certain it's you, but I won't commit to it just yet. (Cartoonist!)
A reader getting dizzy following the changes of perspectives?
One way I use around this but it can be hard to use, is making a chapter centered the other character (easier when your story is written in the third person) to tell what they experience at the same scene, I find it fun how different characters experinecing the same scene can be written very differently that it still worth reading even when the reader knows what will happen.
I don't know if this is a good idea. But I like it when I see it in other stories. (Don't know if professionals do it though... I don't read only from professionals)
I read a book that did this once. I didn't give it a very good review. It got too repetitive because we never knew what time it was and things kept repeating. I find the best course is to write then edit carefully, constantly asking yourself if your person knows this. And maybe sometimes the scene is better from another head, depending on what you are working on.
yeah, It can get repetitive so don't do it on every change... I think it's better done once in 30 page.
Very common issue, so don't feel like the lone ranger. LOL