Did the author overuse emboldened subtitles in chapters?
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Re: Did the author overuse emboldened subtitles in chapters?
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Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment.Swat3737 wrote: ↑23 Jun 2019, 10:54 I agree that this formatting decision by the author took away from the flow of the story. I felt it didn't give the reader enough credit that they could understand what was happening without the author making it so obvious. I think the same purpose could have been accomplished without it being bold.
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It really could have. The only use I could see for those is if you need to establish a certain timeframe and location for flashbacks or for a short unusual pov shift, but that wasn't what wad happening here.Swat3737 wrote: ↑23 Jun 2019, 10:54 I agree that this formatting decision by the author took away from the flow of the story. I felt it didn't give the reader enough credit that they could understand what was happening without the author making it so obvious. I think the same purpose could have been accomplished without it being bold.
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I agree with you on the proper use of subtitles, how the author used them felt wrong and constantly plucked me from whatevervlittle rhythm I had gannered while reading.danielleamy wrote: ↑23 Jun 2019, 18:57 I feel like the subtitles were unnecessary as the chapters and text should speak for themselves. The reader shouldn't need to be given too much information via subtitles unless they are date stamps, for instance, if the book changes time periods often. The impression I got from the bold subtitles was that the book looked unprofessionally written.
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I completely agree with you. Readers do not appreciate being taught what is or is not important while reading.Melissa Breen wrote: ↑23 Jun 2019, 19:28 They took me out of the story and were distracting and didn't really serve a purpose? The book could have done without
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Any sort of momentum or suspense accrued prior to them was always extinguished. They were completely unnecessary, I agree.
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In general, I think I naturally skipped over them without paying much attention to them.
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I agree, it made me feel stupid in the author's eyes.kdstrack wrote: ↑24 Jun 2019, 16:54 I found these irritating. Many of them were used to indicate location (Bus Stop p. 148; Glenn's Office p. 141). It made it seem like the reader couldn't figure out where this scene was occurring. It would have been better for these "locations" to have been indicated in the body of the story.
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It was used in every single chapter, your saying you are okay with that?
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Not that I was okay with it, but it didn’t bother me as much as it could’ve.Ferdinand_otieno wrote: ↑25 Jun 2019, 07:40It was used in every single chapter, your saying you are okay with that?