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
How do you write action scenes that keep readers leaning in, holding their breath, and cheering for the character to win no matter how impossible it looks? Put the reader IN THE ACTION by writing in deep point of view! Know The Why Of The Action … [Read more]
Readers Want More Than The Body Language Of Love — They Want The Why
Last week I visited Writers In The Storm and wrote about writing deep point of view using layers of emotions and I promised this week to share about writing love in deep point of view. If you missed last week’s post, make sure you check it out. … [Read more]
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