Do beta readers keep saying, ‘I’m not in her head’ or, ‘this still feels distant,’? You’re not alone. This is by far the most difficult aspect of deep POV to put into practice. What if you learned how to transform character thoughts into forces of internal conflict that reveal personality,…
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How To Revise For Deep POV
Break down the process and 3 layers needed to rewrite for deep point of view.
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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.
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Don’t Let “The Rules” Of Deep POV Limit You!
There are a great many writers who LOVE rules. Rules. Rules. Rules. They rub their hands together and begin to salivate. Grammar rules. Punctuation rules. Structure rules. Genre rules. Templates. Formulas. I’m not such a big fan of writing rules myself, generally speaking — so I’m only guessing here, but…