5 tips on how to show the passage of time in a story without using author intrusion or telling and staying in deep point of view.
Tag: fiction writing
When To Use Deep POV In Fiction By Genre
What is deep POV really good at, and where might this style of writing not serve story?
Why Deep POV Isn’t Working And How To Fix It
Deep POV is not a beginner-friendly style to write in, so *deep breath* don’t give up.
Go Deeper Writing Fiction With Personification
Use personification to show insight/motivation/desire, use subtext, create setting – in a deeper way.
17 Things To Know About Deep POV Before You Start Writing
I LOVE deep POV, but there’s a lot of confusion about what it is and what it isn’t, how it works, what genre or tense you must use – lots of questions and a lot of confusion. I wanted to put together a list of things many people don’t realize…
4 Responses To Uncertainty That Create Tension In Fiction
Something I’ve observed over the last two years or so is how different personalities react to uncertainty. Very little about life is certain, that’s always been true, but when the stakes are raised different personalities handle uncertainty in varied ways that can create all sorts of really compelling internal conflict….