The question was asked how can we show passage of time in deep POV? My answer: as creatively as you can. If the time clock is ticking on suspense, put the time as a heading for each scene and/or chapter and help the reader feel the time ebbing away. Something as simple as a character looking at his watch or clock or as complicated as a character trying to stop a major disaster as the clock is running out will work. Can you imagine a meteor dropping out of the sky? Our hero is a Clint Eastwood type, a dinosaur from the early space program. Technology has been zapped, and our hero has done the calculations—oh my—without a computer program. He’s used a slide rule and pencil and paper. Any miscalculation and mankind will be annihilated. The hero’s sidekick is by his side counting down to the exact moment … Okay, that’s my creative thought for today. Time is not always marked by exact digits on the clock. Sometimes a simple “Mary stared out at the rising sun. The first day without her husband in fifty years” will provide the transition you need while keeping deep POV. Also, with this question it was asked how time is written, so I’ll share that now with some examples: The time now is four o’clock. (Always spell out the number with o’clock) She went to the store at 3:15 p.m. (With a.m. or p.m., use numerals. A publisher’s guidelines are always a good place to determine if they use a.m./p.m./AM/PM, A.M./P.M. or am/pm. I prefer the usage shown in the example. My employer prefers caps without punctuation). I’m supposed to meet Terri at three. (However, if the time needs clarification it is best to write 3:00 p.m. or a.m. or three in the morning or afternoon).
Posted on: Fri, 04 Oct 2013 13:03:49 +0000
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