Does your main character have a line in the sand, a personal boundary or belief they will not violate? This internal conflict is central stories written in deep point of view often. What happens if the character violates their belief or boundary? What would they sacrifice in order to avoid…
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Editing And Marketing Fiction
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How To Discover Your Author Voice And Why You Probably Already Know It
One of the things many writers get hung up on (and I did too) was finding their writer or author voice. It feels like this elusive, ethereal thing that you chase and have about as much chance of catching as netting the wind. You never feel like you’ve “found” it…
Deep Point Of View
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4 Point of View Breaks That Sneak In Even When You Know Better
Point of view errors break the fictive dream for readers. This is a problem in general, but in deep point of view where the aim is to create an immersive experience for a reader – this is equivalent of ripping off the virtual reality goggles without warning. A little jarring…
Deep Point Of View
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5 Quick Hacks To Gear Up Your Setting and Description Into Deep Point Of View
One aspect of writing in Deep Point Of View (POV) that’s often overlooked or downplayed is the importance of filtering setting and description through your point of view character (POVC). Remember, in Deep POV you want to avoid drawing conclusions for readers. Don’t tell readers what to think, give them your POVCs raw…
Deep Point Of View
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5 Pro Tips You Need To Write Deep Point of View Effectively
What Do The Pros Know About Deep Point Of View That You Don’t? Deep Point of View (POV) creates emotional connections with readers making them care and cheer for your characters. It’s intimate, immediate and visceral — imagine handing your reader a virtual reality headset. That’s how immersive readers want…
Deep Point Of View
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3 Quick Tips to Trim Your Word Count In Deep POV
Deep Point of View (POV) is a writing technique, a style choice, that’s become very popular among writers over the last five or ten years. The goal of Deep POV is to create an immersive experience for the reader where they’re experiencing the story along with the POV character(s). It’s…