Your comment about asterisks yesterday coincided with thoughts I'd been having about them. I'm still figuring out how to "chapter" a novel I'm in final edits on. There are chapters where the POV changes between the main characters. I don't want to break the chapter up but want to indicate the change. I was thinking of 1 asterisk for passage of time and 2 asterisks for POV change. I'm thinking readers will be able to pick up on that...
The reason? Too many different numbers of asterisks the reader might start wondering why (critical mind) and thinking. Either will pull them out of the story.
The reason for 2 types of asterisks? If there are time lapses and POV changes in the same chapter. (In this novel the chapters do have descriptions). As I wrote the reason, I realized that I need to look at the presentation of the story again...
The story is complete. The characters have spoken. The presentation of their story is not complete...
No, I was elaborating on my first too-brief comment. The reason I recommend against 2 types of asterisks is because they might call attention to themselves, make the reader start wondering why, etc. No need for that. The reader should be lost in the story.
Your comment about asterisks yesterday coincided with thoughts I'd been having about them. I'm still figuring out how to "chapter" a novel I'm in final edits on. There are chapters where the POV changes between the main characters. I don't want to break the chapter up but want to indicate the change. I was thinking of 1 asterisk for passage of time and 2 asterisks for POV change. I'm thinking readers will be able to pick up on that...
The reason? Too many different numbers of asterisks the reader might start wondering why (critical mind) and thinking. Either will pull them out of the story.
The reason for 2 types of asterisks? If there are time lapses and POV changes in the same chapter. (In this novel the chapters do have descriptions). As I wrote the reason, I realized that I need to look at the presentation of the story again...
The story is complete. The characters have spoken. The presentation of their story is not complete...
No, I was elaborating on my first too-brief comment. The reason I recommend against 2 types of asterisks is because they might call attention to themselves, make the reader start wondering why, etc. No need for that. The reader should be lost in the story.
In those circumstances, I'd use one centered asterisk in each case.