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AnaMardoll Since: Dec, 2009
2011-08-28 09:34:10

I'd like to know this, too. Just saw it happen in a James Axler Deathlands novel, Pilgrimage To Hell. The POV switches to a security guard for a full chapter, which ends (of course) with his throat being cut.

Chariset Since: Jan, 2001
2011-09-01 13:03:18

Switching P.O.V. is the closest relevant trope. In this case the distinct change of tone and style helps the reader understand that this is a new person with a different take on the world. If the novel is entirely snippets from other characters, you may have a Scrapbook Story

"Rashomon"-Style covers stories where two or three different narratives tell the same series of events, often without resolving which one was the most accurate.

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