I get so many writers telling me that what they want is to make their readers feel something. Their goal is to make a reader laugh, cry, shake their fist at the sky--whatever, either to cheer on the character or in sympathy with them. Deep point of … [Read more]
How To Find Time To Write
Finding time to write when you're already crazy busy is a challenge. I've been writing (with a mind to being published) since I was 27. I've raised three kids in that time, launching a journalism career, begun teaching writing online, and written … [Read more]
How To Get Inside Our Character’s Heads And Make Readers Care
Getting readers to care and have an emotional connection to our characters is the gold medal run for most novelists. If readers don't care, if there's no emotional pull, it gets easy to place a bookmark in a page and walk away. *womp womp* I'm … [Read more]
Using Deep Point Of View Without Dragging Down The Pace Of Your Novel
Deep point of view is a great writing technique when used well, but if you’re not careful, deep POV will bloat your word count and tie an anchor to the pace of your story. Pace Must Be Strategic I’ve met very few bestselling authors who, when … [Read more]
What Deep Point Of View Can Do For Your Writing
Are you struggling to create characters readers care about? Critique partners, editors or agents telling you to dig deeper emotionally? Do you want to write emotional arcs into your stories to keep readers engaged and turning the pages? Deep point … [Read more]
5 Ways Deep Point of View Delivers Punch To An Action Scene
I'm working through some of the reader questions I've received, so this week we're looking at writing action scenes in deep point of view. Here's the question: "I struggle most with action scenes. How deep is too deep POV where the reader loses a … [Read more]
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