Viddler

Did you just call me an ink blot? ;)

Unfortunately the best place to come up with ideas - now if we only had waterproof post-its...

I'm certainly not a writer, but the last few novels I've read seem to have a notable break when flipping from one character to the next.

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Present tense is a beating to write!

I've got a few chapters in my current manuscript where I change POV within the chapter with a small division. My little divisions within the chapters are numbered. Not sure where I got that from, but that's what I'm doing.

That's what George R.R. Martin does in his "Song of Ice and Fire" series. Each chapter title is a character's name. It's great, because he doesn't have to sneak in hints at the beginning of each chapter about who the POV character is.

I would also say that a lot of that depends on how frequently you'll be changing POV. If it happens a lot, I personally wouldn't use chapters.

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NOOO!!! Freakin' no! So hard to write.

Usually when I change points of view I use the double line and flowery things method.

I wouldn't have a problem with it if I read it, but if you really don't want to do it, it probably won't come out right.

My currant story being in narratives, I switch a lot, but I just start each new narrative with "The Narrative Continued by..." And then the person's name. Picked that up from Wilki Collins. Some chapters have as many as 5 different narratives. It would be weird to make that many chapters.

I'm with you! :)

I would, personally. :) But then, I write YA, which is all one. My mom writes romance, and they do chapter-to-chapter, most of the time that I've noticed. It's easier to sort out.

I would give each POV its own chapter because it lets us adjust to the feeling. :)

I've come up with one, too!

The novel I've been working on for a few years handles this issue by starting a new chapter for each POV change and quickly identifying whose POV we're in, usually within the first sentence. But you don't need to actually write their name as the chapter title or as a separate element, as long as it's clear fairly quickly whose eyes we're seeing things through.

I assume the POV change goes along with a change to a new scene. So I would use the *** to signify the new scene within the same chapter. If the new scene is a huge change on more than one level, start a new chapter.

In the shower you get the best ideas!

I get what you're saying... I think.