Comments on: P-O-What? https://writersinthestormblog.com/2020/04/understanding-point-of-view/ A Blog On Writing Sun, 22 Dec 2024 04:11:20 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.1 By: Julie Glover https://writersinthestormblog.com/2020/04/understanding-point-of-view/#comment-144741 Thu, 16 Apr 2020 03:46:57 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=39766#comment-144741 You covered so much ground here! Fabulous teaching post, Lori. Thanks. ♥

]]> By: Jenny Hansen https://writersinthestormblog.com/2020/04/understanding-point-of-view/#comment-144718 Wed, 15 Apr 2020 04:14:39 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=39766#comment-144718 In reply to Lori Freeland.

We understand! I'm just glad you're feeling better. Home reno is the worst...

]]> By: Lori Freeland https://writersinthestormblog.com/2020/04/understanding-point-of-view/#comment-144717 Wed, 15 Apr 2020 00:57:38 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=39766#comment-144717 In reply to barbdelong.

Hi Barb! Thanks. Good luck!

]]> By: barbdelong https://writersinthestormblog.com/2020/04/understanding-point-of-view/#comment-144716 Tue, 14 Apr 2020 16:27:10 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=39766#comment-144716 Super post on POV, Lori! I'm sharing this with my crit groups. I'm very careful with deep POV in my current WIP, but my final edits will tell me how careful. Problem is choosing which POV for a scene is best. I struggle with that. Will be using your check list to help with the decision.

]]> By: Lori Freeland https://writersinthestormblog.com/2020/04/understanding-point-of-view/#comment-144715 Tue, 14 Apr 2020 12:15:20 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=39766#comment-144715 In reply to dholcomb1.

Hi Denise! I love great timing, don't you? Good luck on finding your POV slips 🙂 Sometimes they are hard to see.

]]> By: Lori Freeland https://writersinthestormblog.com/2020/04/understanding-point-of-view/#comment-144714 Tue, 14 Apr 2020 12:14:20 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=39766#comment-144714 In reply to ecellenb.

Hi Ellen! Thanks for sharing. When you're on a writing "roll" and are buried deep in story, it can be easy to slip out of a POV for a brief moment. It's learning to catch it and change it (like you did!) that's important.

]]> By: Lori Freeland https://writersinthestormblog.com/2020/04/understanding-point-of-view/#comment-144713 Tue, 14 Apr 2020 12:11:38 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=39766#comment-144713 In reply to Terry Odell.

Terry, that is a challenge. Because while you want to give them equal time in overall, you can't do it on a page to page basis. I find readers notice big chunks of chapters in one point of view and not the other more than how many pages you give them. But I also get stuck on wanting everything to be "symmetrical" too. 🙂

]]> By: Lori Freeland https://writersinthestormblog.com/2020/04/understanding-point-of-view/#comment-144712 Tue, 14 Apr 2020 12:09:40 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=39766#comment-144712 In reply to barbaralinnprobst.

Barbara, I love your example. That's a perfect description of that fine line of deep POV in third person. I find third person especially challenging myself! And you example goes back to the importance of showing not telling 🙂

]]> By: Lori Freeland https://writersinthestormblog.com/2020/04/understanding-point-of-view/#comment-144711 Tue, 14 Apr 2020 12:07:39 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=39766#comment-144711 Hi guys! First let me apologize for not "being" with you over here yesterday. My plan was to answer comments in the afternoon. I ended up getting sick from some countertop refinishing chemicals and went to bed. So sorry. Second, I want to thank you for your comments and shares 🙂

]]> By: Jenny Hansen https://writersinthestormblog.com/2020/04/understanding-point-of-view/#comment-144710 Tue, 14 Apr 2020 06:10:51 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=39766#comment-144710 In reply to ecellenb.

Great changes, Ellen!

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