I don't know if there is a formal "right way" to do this, but I figure I'd ask better minds. In a lot of the books I read, if the scene changes, but the POV stays the same, they use a line break:
person doing something
*line break*
person does something else 20 minutes later
If the scene and the POV changes, they use an astrix/border:
person does something
***
another person does something else
My question is this: what if the change of scene is a flashback from years past? Does that count as a simple line break, or is that enough of a gap in the story to use a border? Ie:
Something happens to someone
line break OR ***
flashback
line break OR ***
Continue with previous scene.
Sorry if this sounds or looks a little awkward for a post, but I've been up for 96 hrs, gotta love my job.
person doing something
*line break*
person does something else 20 minutes later
If the scene and the POV changes, they use an astrix/border:
person does something
***
another person does something else
My question is this: what if the change of scene is a flashback from years past? Does that count as a simple line break, or is that enough of a gap in the story to use a border? Ie:
Something happens to someone
line break OR ***
flashback
line break OR ***
Continue with previous scene.
Sorry if this sounds or looks a little awkward for a post, but I've been up for 96 hrs, gotta love my job.
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