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Q&A Changing perspectives

It depends to what degree you change perspective, if you're switching from one first person narrative to another you can do this smoothly enough. Switching from first person to third can be, and of...

posted 6y ago by Ash‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T10:03:25Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar Ash‭ · 2019-12-08T10:03:25Z (almost 5 years ago)
It depends to what degree you change perspective, if you're switching from one first person narrative to another you can do this smoothly enough. Switching from first person to third can be, and often is, disruptive or jarring to the narrative.

The only other thing I would note is that writing the whole story from a single first person perspective except for a couple of random scenes, that can be really hard going on the audience.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2018-10-31T15:12:49Z (about 6 years ago)
Original score: 1