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Hiineedhelp Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Indicating name of 'writer' in the start of a chapter?
Hi. I've noticed in a book which is written in the perspectives of its characters, that the name of the 'writer' is stated as the title in every chapter. It appears like the following.
(There's no numbering of chapters in this particular book)
Karen(the title of the chapter)
I am mad, very mad about what he had done to me. Blah, blah, blah...
Would the following be alright if I wish to number the chapters, give each of them a name and indicate the 'writer' of each all at once?
Chapter 1
My Plan for Revenge(title of the chapter)
Karen—I am mad, very mad about what he had done to me.Blah, blah, blah...
Thank you for reading my question! Sorry if I hadn't explain it very well.
(There's no numbering of chapters in this particular book)
Karen(the title of the chapter)
I am mad, very mad about what he had done to me. Blah, blah, blah...
Would the following be alright if I wish to number the chapters, give each of them a name and indicate the 'writer' of each all at once?
Chapter 1
My Plan for Revenge(title of the chapter)
Karen—I am mad, very mad about what he had done to me.Blah, blah, blah...
Thank you for reading my question! Sorry if I hadn't explain it very well.
Top answer
hiineedhelp Sorry if I hadn't explain it very well. Sorry, but you haven't. Why you want to rename another's books I do not know, but you seem to have subordinated the 'writer's' name.
- hiineedhelp Sorry if I hadn't explain it very well.
- Sorry, but you haven't.
- Why you want to rename another's books I do not know, but you seem to have subordinated the 'writer's' name.
- Blah, blah, blah'?
- Is that the first line of the chapter?
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hiineedhelpSorry if I hadn't explain it very well.Sorry, but you haven't. Why you want to rename another's books I do not know, but you seem to have subordinated the 'writer's' name. What is 'I am mad, very mad about what he had done to me.Blah, blah, blah'? Is that the first line of the chapter?
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Hi. Both examples were made up by me. The first example mimics the format in a book I had read. There's several characters in the book, and every chapter is titled with the name of the character who 'wrote' it. The second example shows the things I would like to add if I were to write something similar, and I was wondering if adding those would make it messy/wrong/uncommon, etc.
And yes,
And yes,
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hiineedhelpAnd yes, 'I am mad, very mad about what he had done to me.Blah, blah, blah...' is supposedly the first line of the chapter in my made-up 'story' written by the character called 'Karen'.Then I wouldn't put 'Karen' in the first paragraph; it does not have the same effect as in the original format.
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