push me off the fence

[electricalgwen]

My bigbang posting day is under two weeks away! I still have some expansion stuff to write and yet more editing, but I'm not too panicked yet. It's been really exciting seeing the artwork apieceofcake is creating!

Like many stories, mine shifts between different character POVs in different sections. There will be dividers between the sections (not just the usual 4 line blank spacing, thanks to my lovely artist!) I am undecided as to whether it is a good idea or not to identify the person in whose POV the section is written. Sometimes I like that, the cute little nametag dividers. Other times I think, meh, it's not like I couldn't figure it out, at least if the writing's any good.

So I was waffling on that and suddenly realized I haven't posted a poll in ages.

[Poll #1586222]

Comments

[menomegirl.livejournal.com]

I'm on the fence when it comes to POV dividers. Most of the time, it works just fine but sometimes, it just doesn't. I'm not sure if I could define why; maybe it boils down to the strength of the story itself.

[electricalgwen.livejournal.com]

I don't know that I've ever felt they really didn't work. I do think they should be unnecessary (i.e., if you have to tell me which character's POV this is, then you probably haven't done a good job of characterization). But I keep seeing them, and wondered if maybe people expect them.

There's one story in particular, I think maybe by mournthewicked? that had lovely and memorable name dividers, hand-writing-style on lined paper. I liked them; it added to the feel of the high-school AU.