Comments on: Writing Subtext for Non-POV Characters https://writersinthestormblog.com/2025/05/writing-subtext-for-non-pov-characters/ A Blog On Writing Fri, 30 May 2025 15:32:41 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Matthew https://writersinthestormblog.com/2025/05/writing-subtext-for-non-pov-characters/#comment-171522 Fri, 30 May 2025 15:32:41 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=54892#comment-171522 Nice Lisa! I note only that everything you say here applies also to writing in first person POV. "I didn't know why she had said that, but she looked terrible. Maybe she was sick..."

]]> By: Lisa Wilson https://writersinthestormblog.com/2025/05/writing-subtext-for-non-pov-characters/#comment-171511 Thu, 29 May 2025 14:59:22 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=54892#comment-171511 In reply to Lisa Norman.

Yes! It definitely adds layers of realism for me too. Puts readers deeper into the story imho.

]]> By: Lisa Norman https://writersinthestormblog.com/2025/05/writing-subtext-for-non-pov-characters/#comment-171506 Wed, 28 May 2025 20:53:56 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=54892#comment-171506 This is one of my favorite things to play with in deep POV. For some reason the puzzle of how to show the internal working of a non POV character is satisfying. Maybe feels a little like real life?

]]> By: Lisa Wilson https://writersinthestormblog.com/2025/05/writing-subtext-for-non-pov-characters/#comment-171504 Wed, 28 May 2025 18:50:59 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=54892#comment-171504 In reply to Lynette M Burrows.

I’ve expanded the course quite a lot to include things like subtext 🙂 I’ve had a lot of good feedback.

]]> By: Lisa Wilson https://writersinthestormblog.com/2025/05/writing-subtext-for-non-pov-characters/#comment-171503 Wed, 28 May 2025 18:50:15 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=54892#comment-171503 In reply to MIffie Seideman.

I’m always asked for examples, so I’m trying to do more of that 🙂

]]> By: Lisa Wilson https://writersinthestormblog.com/2025/05/writing-subtext-for-non-pov-characters/#comment-171502 Wed, 28 May 2025 18:49:51 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=54892#comment-171502 In reply to Jenn Windrow.

New and intermediate authors - I think using subtext effectively bumps the writing up to the next level.

]]> By: Jenny Hansen https://writersinthestormblog.com/2025/05/writing-subtext-for-non-pov-characters/#comment-171501 Wed, 28 May 2025 18:48:37 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=54892#comment-171501 In reply to Lynette M Burrows.

Lynette, I read your comment and thought, "I KNOW, right?" I just didn't know how to do it with the light hand that makes subtext seamless and awesome.

It's nice to see how far we've come though, isn't it?

]]> By: Lynette M Burrows https://writersinthestormblog.com/2025/05/writing-subtext-for-non-pov-characters/#comment-171500 Wed, 28 May 2025 18:18:26 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=54892#comment-171500 Lisa, I wish I'd had your strong examples a while back. Subtext stumped me as a beginning writer. I've gotten much better at using it, but it's a writer's tool I keep practicing so I can improve. Thanks for the additional motivation.

]]> By: MIffie Seideman https://writersinthestormblog.com/2025/05/writing-subtext-for-non-pov-characters/#comment-171498 Wed, 28 May 2025 17:56:04 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=54892#comment-171498 Thanks, Lisa. This is a great discussion and I love the examples.

]]> By: Jenn Windrow https://writersinthestormblog.com/2025/05/writing-subtext-for-non-pov-characters/#comment-171494 Wed, 28 May 2025 17:03:42 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=54892#comment-171494 Great article! Subtext is such a powerful tool in a writer's arsenal. One that is often over looked by newer authors.

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