[Saxony Tarn]

Hey -- way to go LMP, you'll have us on page NINE soon enough! Great thing that you mention, as one of my actually completed tales has three main characters whose threads are interlaced and i do switch between them often.

The chapters though each represent a day, so i switch between them as if i were the cameraman on a soap opera set, and give the reader each's activities for the day, first dwelling on one, then cutting to the other, and so forth. (And at three points in the story, all three are on stage at the same time)

The tale isn't grand or long enough to be able to devote one chapter or more to each divergent thread -- Tolkein had that luxury, and when the Fellowship split up, pretty much had to! Taking that much time on each one also allowed him to focus (and back when it was written, readers had longer attention spans -- now, we want instant updates on everyone!)

One experiment i did for a college class (when i was first writing Ace of Cups (the story i mention)) was extract one character's thread from the story and submit it as a novella to the class, to see if it could stand alone as a story focused on, say, Udo, with Karlena and Kieter mentioned only where their threads crossed. i'd like to think that it does.

Before pontificating further i should probably read your work so as to know what i'm talking about -- where was that site again? In Niphredil's sig?

B)

s.t.

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