I like to start my chapters with a quote, I know it’s not uncommon, but I was wondering what people think about it as a reader? 🤔
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It’s pretty common since movies became popular in the 20th century to write fiction in a way that emulates that cinematic sense of immediacy, by removing anything that foregrounds a distinct narrative voice outside the thoughts and sensations of the protagonist(s). By convention, readers take this style of narration for granted and ignore that it’s still a construction (i.e., the narrator isn’t felt as a conscious presence creating the narrative.)
@AbouBenAdhem Ah, well I’ve been told my ‘destinctive narrative voice’ is one of the best parts of my writing so I suppose drawing attention to the ‘constructed’ manner of the text won’t be an issue 😁