If your character is going to struggle with insecurity, it’s important to show this emotion clearly.
Author: Lisa Hall-Wilson
Freelance Writer. Fantasy Author. Call it as I see it truth-teller. Justice Seeker. Jesus Girl. Leave-Your-Mask-At-Home-Girl. Facebook is my happy place.
Deep Point Of View
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Writing Trauma In Fiction: Anniversaries
The anniversaries of traumatic events can radically increase internal conflict.
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Writing Complex Emotions In Deep POV: Shame
The key to deep POV is specificity and particularity. Put the reader in the scene with the character, in their shoes, inside their head — keep no secrets.
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What Is Your Character’s Emotional Kryptonite?
What emotion will your character avoid at all costs, and what does it cost them to avoid it?
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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 person, dialogue tags are encouraged (he said/she said),…
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4 Ways To Make Limited Third Person Into Deep POV
Deep POV came out of limited third person, and they have some similarities, but they are in fact different in style and strategy.