The anniversary of a past trauma can be a fantastic opportunity for authors to crank up the tension and internal conflict for characters, but it's important to get it right! There is nothing more annoying than watching or reading a story where past … [Read more]
Writing Complex Emotions In Deep POV: Shame
Deep POV is a fiction writing style that aims to remove the narrative or psychic distance between the reader and the point of view character -- think first person shooter style. The goal is to completely immerse the reader in the character's … [Read more]
What Is Your Character’s Emotional Kryptonite?
Emotions are complex, nuanced, and rarely linear. Most of us have a specific, painful, crunchy, emotion we'll do almost anything to avoid -- even if the avoidance is harmful or at the least not helpful. Psychology calls this "emotional avoidance." … [Read more]
Use Beats In Deep POV To Convey Emotion
In deep point of view, we want to use beats instead of dialogue tags to attribute dialogue. Beats move the story ahead, they are more efficient, keep the reader deep inside the character’s head, and remove the writer/narrator voice. In limited third … [Read more]
4 Ways To Make Limited Third Person Into Deep POV
Are you writing (or wanting to write) in limited 3rd person POV or Deep POV? Many blogs write as though the these two popular fiction styles are the same and it muddies the water quite a bit leading to a great deal of confusion. Deep POV came out of … [Read more]
Creating unique voices for multiple POV characters – and how to show their emotions
So excited to have Aiki Flinthart on the blog today. I'm recovering from knee surgery and Aiki generously stepped in for me and is sharing about creating unique characters. Aiki describes every pantser's nightmare below, *grin* but don't panic. You … [Read more]
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