Hi,
I have a story told in third person from the perspective of one or two main characters (ok, three to be exact) with the POV consistent within each scene / story block and swaps occurring at natural transition points (such as chapter start / end and so on). Reading it aloud, it is smooth and natural sounding and so I think I have it right.

However...

For one specific character, I want to use the directness and raw connection of first person - and only ever first person. Moreover, I would really like to be able to transition into this POV in the middle of scenes from another character's POV. I have ever so many dramatic reasons for wanting to do this and it makes ever such a lot of things fall into place on ever such a large number of dimensions.

Except...

It doesn't work. I tried signalling to the reader through a deliberate font change, but read aloud, it sounds awful and nonsensical. I need the transition to be rapid, but it just feels under-explained as is.

HELP ME!

Has anybody seen this type of switch done well? Are there any examples anyone can direct me to?

Thanks,
Gaius


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OOPS! Meant to post this in technique.

Have reposted it here.

Please post on the other thread!