And you're right, it does seem to be a bit trendy to jump around inside of everyone's heads. I don't think it's necessarily the sign of a bad/lazy writer (well, I wouldn't, would I? heh), but I do agree that bad writers seem to switch POVs like clumsy partners at a square dance.
I suppose that it can indeed be done well, but my instinct still holds fast to "just work a little harder and stick to one person unless you're splitting up the POV with paragraph breaks." But it's personal preference. All rules are meant for breaking, and all that, though it is good to *know* the rules first!
And another Pulitzer Prize winner, Larry McMurtry, leaps his POV all over the place in Lonesome Dove, and I honestly never noticed. Until I did, and then I thought, "Wait. Has he been doing that all along?"
LOL! I suppose if it wasn't jarring to you, then it doesn't matter so much. I'm just hyper-aware of it right now, but if done well, perhaps I'd be okay with it.
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I suppose that it can indeed be done well, but my instinct still holds fast to "just work a little harder and stick to one person unless you're splitting up the POV with paragraph breaks." But it's personal preference. All rules are meant for breaking, and all that, though it is good to *know* the rules first!
And another Pulitzer Prize winner, Larry McMurtry, leaps his POV all over the place in Lonesome Dove, and I honestly never noticed. Until I did, and then I thought, "Wait. Has he been doing that all along?"
LOL! I suppose if it wasn't jarring to you, then it doesn't matter so much. I'm just hyper-aware of it right now, but if done well, perhaps I'd be okay with it.