Jodi Meadows (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} jmeadows) wrote in katallen, |
If anyone can make that work, I think you can.
Generally, though, those sorts of tricks frustrate me and make me stop reading. There's no tension when you already know what's going to happen.
Once, I read a ms that had a climactic explosion shown from all the POVs in the story. All 16 of them. Sure, most of the "scenes" were two lines -- "and he turned and saw the explosion!" -- but seriously, this isn't a movie. Regrounding in a character's head for two sentences of payoff... Well, it's hard to do, and even if someone can, it's generally not worth it.
Generally, though, those sorts of tricks frustrate me and make me stop reading. There's no tension when you already know what's going to happen.
Once, I read a ms that had a climactic explosion shown from all the POVs in the story. All 16 of them. Sure, most of the "scenes" were two lines -- "and he turned and saw the explosion!" -- but seriously, this isn't a movie. Regrounding in a character's head for two sentences of payoff... Well, it's hard to do, and even if someone can, it's generally not worth it.
