In movies, scene switch is relatively easy because it’s visual. You don’t have to show any transition if at all between scenes so it’s not strange for someone to be doing one action and then suddenly another.
Sometimes, that style doesn’t always translate to writing. Here are six different things you can do that I have seen in books and/or done myself.
1. Give a border. I use *** and center it. Some people use other things.
2. Give a one or two paragraphs worth of blank space.
3. Give a time indication. Example, “About an hour later,” “Five minutes later,” “The next day,” “Two years later,” for example, depending on how much time went by.
4. Change the location to indicate time passed. “After returning home,” “Back at the base,” or “Back in my room,” for example.
5. Indicate the task in the previous paragraph finished. “After I finished getting my hair cut,” “After the muffins were ready,” “Finishing my homework at last,” “When the TV show ended,” for example.
6. Use another character in another location to indicate time has passed and to make the scene jump very clear. This probably only works if you have a multiple point of view.
Keep in mind, not all of these will work for every scene and sometimes you might just need a chapter break. These are some methods I have used or seen. Do you have any more to add?
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