Of the many informative posts by the brilliant Mary Kole at kidlit.com, this post today really did it for me: http://kidlit.com/2010/08/04/grounding-the-reader/
She writes about how important transitions are in your story. They carry the reader from scene to scene without interruption or confusion, and without them, your story falls apart at the seams – literally. The book I found to be the most successful at this was Suzanne Collins's The Hunger Games and the follow up, Catching Fire. The transitions from scene to scene were so deft, so clever, all I knew was that I needed to turn the page. Dinnertime? Bah. Three in the morning? Pfft.
Anyway, if you're curious, check out Mary's thoughts on transitions. They make or break a book.
