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Anonymous Mon Apr 26 20:20:12 2010 No.600051 [Reply] [Original]

Sup e/lit/ists; just a quick question, as you guys are probably the best to ask.

What's it called when you have a break within a piece of text, such as in novels? Sort of like, a single chapter sometimes might have two or three of these breaks, which is a pause from what's happening so that it can carry on a few minutes/hours later, or switch to another character's perspective?

Cheers.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 26 20:29:12 2010 No.600099 File: 1.02 MB, 950x3601, 1265152557410.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Bump for answers

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 26 20:47:12 2010 No.600188 lacuna?

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 26 20:53:12 2010 No.600224 A scene break. The action is switching from one time/perspective/character to another, and an entierly new chapter may not be necessary. It's often shown by three asterisks centralised on the page.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 26 21:06:12 2010 No.600299 >>600224 Thanks, perfect answer. Shame it doesn't seem to have an actual name, thought. >>600188 I think that's when something that's meant to be there is missing.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 26 21:13:12 2010 No.600335 >>600299 There's nothing wrong with using the term 'scene break', just because it doesn't sound scientific or theoretical. It's perfectly acceptable. More info here: http://henrymelton.blogspot.com/2009/01/caught-between-paper-and-bits-scene.html

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 26 21:14:12 2010 No.600338 >According to Noah Lukeman, authour of "A Dash of Style: The Art and Mastery of Punctuation", what you are describing is known as a "section break" also >A dinkus is a small drawing used for decoration or to break up long pieces of text.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 26 21:18:12 2010 No.600357 are you talking about ellipsis? they are called match cuts in films, but thats what it seems to be what you are describing.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 26 21:20:12 2010 No.600367 >>600357 no, it's a different thing. This would be an ellipsis: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, …,100.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 26 21:23:12 2010 No.600384 >>600367 not when used in narration, like someone leaving their home to go to the store then the next line is them coming back to their home.

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