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Q&A Is it advisable to add a location heads-up when a scene changes in a novel?

In my novel, I have a scene at home which changes to scene at the office which is completely different. I have written it in a way that in a line or two the reader will understand the scene is chan...

3 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by codeNewbie‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

Question style scene narrative
#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T12:09:33Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/45869
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar codeNewbie‭ · 2019-12-08T12:09:33Z (almost 5 years ago)
In my novel, I have a scene at home which changes to scene at the office which is completely different. I have written it in a way that in a line or two the reader will understand the scene is changed but I am not sure. I am asking is it advisable to mention a scene change by adding a phrase like, ' **back in the office**' or ' **back at home**'. Each time it feels lack of confidence.

**Following is example of my writing.**

> "What's wrong now? You are looking worried something must be wrong" Aakash inquired getting out. "I am having a feeling that we are not ready for this at the present moment as our life is not what we want." "In that case, we should plan an abortion." Aakash gave a heads-up to what I was feeling.
> 
> Back in the office, Richard and Dr. Zhang had a successful undertaking to procure funds. This meant that now some of the funds were allocated to me for pure re-search. For the most effective and life-like implementation of gaming systems, I con-sulted experts in the fields of Psychology, Business Management, Sociology, Mathe-matics, and Computer Science.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2019-06-10T11:32:34Z (over 5 years ago)
Original score: 11