As I’m writing Deification’s sequel, I’m fully aware of my “head-hopping”, but here’s the thing— I like it.

I write omniscient third-person narratives which means they see everything everyone is doing in a scene. Why shouldn’t they also see what everyone in the scene is feeling? This is how I write. I’m not changing it. It makes sense to me (even as someone with a BA in English), and writing is art. It shouldn’t be bound by what others expect to deem “correct”. It should come from the artists exactly as it’s meant to. If that style isn’t for you, then don’t pick up books written in it. But don’t be shitty and act superior.

Literary fiction explores characters and their minds, and I’m not going to neglect a character and his thoughts and feelings simply because I’ve just described his scene-partner’s thoughts and feelings. This is how a conversation…