head-hopping. writing tips Archives - Women Writers, Women's Books http://booksbywomen.org/tag/head-hopping-writing-tips/ Sat, 07 Feb 2015 23:53:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 39938774 In Defense of Head-Hopping http://booksbywomen.org/in-defense-of-head-hopping-by-anne-leigh-parrish/ http://booksbywomen.org/in-defense-of-head-hopping-by-anne-leigh-parrish/#comments Sat, 07 Feb 2015 23:26:11 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=12988 In writing, head hopping is defined as using an omniscient third-person narrator to hop from the head of one character right into another. This is thought to cause confusion for the reader and leave them wondering whose thoughts they’re supposed to follow now. I understand that the idea of keeping a sharp line between the […]

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