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Q&A Question regarding narration and 1st - 3rd person swaps

If it's really short — no more than a few paragraphs — set it off with italics. It should quickly become apparent from context who the first-person-italics character is. If it's pages and pages, ...

posted 7y ago by Lauren Ipsum‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#4: Attribution notice removed by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-13T12:00:45Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T06:36:38Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by (deleted user) · 2019-12-08T06:36:38Z (almost 5 years ago)
If it's _really_ short —&nbsp;no more than a few paragraphs —&nbsp;set it off with italics. It should quickly become apparent from context who the first-person-italics character is.

If it's pages and pages, make the husband's parts interstitial bits between chapters of Sam's story, and label them as **Sam** and **Dean** or whatever. Labeling the chapter by the POV character when you have multiple POVs in a novel is very common and easy to follow.

Don't write four pages of italics. It's visually exhausting.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2017-06-08T12:33:11Z (over 7 years ago)
Original score: 2