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 continuing in my summer series…
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Deep Point Of View
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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 asked, can’t tell you…
Deep Point Of View
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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 Scene Just like in…
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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. Let’s recap for…
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Writing Emotions In Layers – What Does It Look Like
Psychology tells us there are primary emotions and secondary emotions. Primary emotions are the instinctual, gut-reaction emotions we have no control over. Secondary emotions are caused by or are reactions to primary emotions. Anger is a secondary emotion. You don’t immediately jump to anger, something’s caused you to be angry….