Emotions are hard to capture authentically in fiction, maybe in part because as a society we tend to want to express things more in terms of what we’re doing or thinking. This diving deep into the raw humanity expressed through emotions is the power of deep point of view. How…
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Advice From Jack Sparrow On Building Emotional Connections With Readers
Captain Jack Sparrow, love him or hate him, most people FEEL something for the irrascible pirate. What can Jack Sparrow teach us about creating emotional connections with readers? Lots. Savvy? There are many posts out there on the interwebz for writers looking for advice on how to create emotional connections…
5 Day Deep Point Of View Challenge 2019
Deep point of view isn’t just style technique and tricks, it’s a shift in HOW we tell stories. It’s not a difficult concept to understand, but it’s not intuitive and it takes a lot of practice.
Deep Point of View: First Person Or Third Person POV
Is it better or does it create more emotional connection to write fiction in first or third person? Does genre matter? Can I use multiple POVS? Am I worried about the wrong things? Is First Person Or Third Person Better? This is one of the most common questions I get…
4 Questions To Ask To Avoid Info Dumps In Deep Point Of View
No one likes reading an info dump, but we writers justify their existence because we’re sure the reader needs all this background information here, right now. Info dumps kill the pace and tension in your story and readers may just put down your book and walk away forever. What Is…
How To Write Fear Authentically Even If You Don’t Write Thrillers
Want to scare your readers? SHOW them what your character is afraid of! Your story needs life or death stakes (and not necessarily the murderous, knife-wielding, gravestone kind of life or death stakes). Fear and the body language of fear, should be topics every novelist strives to know better. Fear…