We’re continuing in our FAQ series on Deep POV. The question that came in was: How do you write with immediacy? There are a few foundational rules with deep point of view and writing with immediacy and removing distance are two of them. If you don’t write with immediacy you…
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Deep Point Of View
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4 Exercises To “Go Deeper” With Deep Point Of View
Hearing “go deeper” from crit partners and editors? Here are my 4 favorite tricks for digging deeper emotionally into a scene. Deep point of view is a powerful writing technique, but it’s a strategy and like any technique or strategy you need to know what effect you want to create…
Deep Point Of View
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Will Deep Point Of View Work For You?
Will deep point of view work for you? Deep point of view is going to change your writing and even change how you read fiction, but it’s not a panacea to bestseller status. It’s just not. Deep point of view is an intermediate fiction technique that requires you to have…
Deep Point Of View
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4 Tips To Get Unstuck Writing Hard Emotions In Fiction
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…
How To Write Fiction - Advanced Tips
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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…
Business Of Writing
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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…