This is Part One of a Two-Part Series. Find Post Two Here: 4 Tips For Writing Your Character’s PTSD And Trauma Memories PTSD and trauma (both big “T” and small “t” trauma), affect our memory in different ways, and when writing in deep point of view, it becomes telling to…
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Deep Point Of View
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How To Write With Immediacy In Fiction
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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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…
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Identify Your Character’s Emotional Triggers
Everyone has an emotional trigger. This is not about mental health, anxiety, PTSD — none of that. Every one has emotional triggers – but are you using this to increase the emotional tension in your story? Why not!? What Does Your Character Think Is Their Strength? What does your character…
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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…