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Hi all - new to posting here, but have learned a lot by lurking!
I did a search on recent posts, but didn't find anything that quite addresses this issue.
My WIP is written in third-person limited, and I try to be hyper-aware of avoiding head-hopping and such. But I have come across a scene where something happens behind the POV-character's back, and I don't quite know how to handle it. This other character is hiding, and overhears something the POV-character says aloud.
I know there are clever ways to approach this, such as the hiding character announcing in a later scene, "ha! I overheard you the other day!" but that won't easily work here. This is a quick flashback scene, revealing how the other character knew this information in an earlier scene. And the flashback won't really work if I do the entire scene from the hiding character's POV.
I'm flummoxed! Have I painted myself into a corner? Or would a quick sentence or two such as "Sarah was hiding behind the door, listening to the whole thing" be forgiven by readers?
I did a search on recent posts, but didn't find anything that quite addresses this issue.
My WIP is written in third-person limited, and I try to be hyper-aware of avoiding head-hopping and such. But I have come across a scene where something happens behind the POV-character's back, and I don't quite know how to handle it. This other character is hiding, and overhears something the POV-character says aloud.
I know there are clever ways to approach this, such as the hiding character announcing in a later scene, "ha! I overheard you the other day!" but that won't easily work here. This is a quick flashback scene, revealing how the other character knew this information in an earlier scene. And the flashback won't really work if I do the entire scene from the hiding character's POV.
I'm flummoxed! Have I painted myself into a corner? Or would a quick sentence or two such as "Sarah was hiding behind the door, listening to the whole thing" be forgiven by readers?
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