Quick beta-type question for my flist...

[panik]

I just finished my latest fic - the one for mariojoe, the one she won for Moonridge 2006  (yup, it's only taken me a year to write ::hangs head in abject shame::)

OK, so... this story has quite a lot of first person in it, mostly in third, but switching into 1st from time to time, with the entire first chapter in 1st P; three voices. Now I know when you're reading it, that it should be apparent that it's moved into 1st, and who is talking, but should the formatting reflect that, do you think? I'm just experimenting with italics, different fonts, indenting pars - I'm just not sure...

Italics are probably the easiest, most recognisable way to separate out the 1st P sections, but I'm wondering if that's going to be too hard on the eyes when there are thousands of words of this (almost 3,000 continuous words in the first chapter alone)? - I'm wondering whether it's not better to just leave it all the same and let the narrative passages speak for themselves?

Any advice received with gratitude. (o:

Comments

[gillyp.livejournal.com]

"The K.I.S.S. solution -- Keep It Simple, Stupid -- is usually best."
LOL. I shall take that advice and chew on it well. Thank you. (o:

It's a complicated one. I'm inclined to think you're right and to leave it as it is.

And LJ's stopped telling me when people have posted... ::sigh::

[starwatcher]

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LOL. I shall take that advice and chew on it well.

*g* It's not original with me. Did you see justjeanette used it in her Sentinel Thursday story?
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[gillyp.livejournal.com]

I haven't read it yet, no - still catchng up.

Well... It was too, too, tempting

[justjeanette.livejournal.com]

I keep having to try (operative word is try) to drum the KISS principle into programming students so when the KISS challenge came up on TS-Thursday I couldn't help myself...

Maybe I should have?

Jeanette.....