https://writersinthestormblog.com A Blog On Writing Mon, 28 Sep 2026 04:21:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://writersinthestormblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/WITS-Logo-150x150.jpg https://writersinthestormblog.com 32 32 https://writersinthestormblog.com/2025/11/how-to-use-perception-to-create-subtext-in-deep-pov/ https://writersinthestormblog.com/2025/11/how-to-use-perception-to-create-subtext-in-deep-pov/#comments Wed, 26 Nov 2025 09:55:00 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=56082 Subtext lives between what’s actually happening vs what the character thinks it means. Lisa Hall-Wilson shares the use of perception to create subtext.

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The post Unlock The Freedom To Cheat Deep POV first appeared on Writers In The Storm.]]> https://writersinthestormblog.com/2025/08/unlock-the-freedom-to-cheat-deep-pov/feed/ 29 https://writersinthestormblog.com/2025/05/writing-subtext-for-non-pov-characters/ https://writersinthestormblog.com/2025/05/writing-subtext-for-non-pov-characters/#comments Wed, 28 May 2025 08:21:00 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=54892 How do you show a non-POV character’s priorities, motives, or thoughts when Deep POV only allows the reader to know what the POV character knows?

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The post 4 Tips To Master Backstory In Deep Point Of View first appeared on Writers In The Storm.]]> https://writersinthestormblog.com/2024/08/4-tips-to-master-backstory-in-deep-point-of-view/feed/ 16 https://writersinthestormblog.com/2024/02/how-to-remove-the-author-voice-for-deep-point-of-view/ https://writersinthestormblog.com/2024/02/how-to-remove-the-author-voice-for-deep-point-of-view/#comments Wed, 28 Feb 2024 09:19:00 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=49484 In deep point of view, the goal is to immerse the reader in the character’s lived experience of the story journey, living out this story in real time.

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The post How To Eliminate Info Dumps In Deep Point Of View first appeared on Writers In The Storm.]]> https://writersinthestormblog.com/2023/09/how-to-eliminate-info-dumps-in-deep-point-of-view/feed/ 18 https://writersinthestormblog.com/2022/11/9-things-writers-need-to-know-about-trauma-and-mental-health/ https://writersinthestormblog.com/2022/11/9-things-writers-need-to-know-about-trauma-and-mental-health/#comments Wed, 23 Nov 2022 09:57:00 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=46693 Trauma and mental health issues can be uncomfortable to discuss, but there’s no denying the internal conflict these storylines intrinsically create.

The post 9 Things Writers Need To Know About Trauma And Mental Health first appeared on Writers In The Storm.]]> https://writersinthestormblog.com/2022/11/9-things-writers-need-to-know-about-trauma-and-mental-health/feed/ 15 https://writersinthestormblog.com/2022/03/4-ways-to-write-the-lived-experience-of-trauma/ https://writersinthestormblog.com/2022/03/4-ways-to-write-the-lived-experience-of-trauma/#comments Wed, 23 Mar 2022 09:03:45 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=44955 Lisa Hall Wilson explains what trauma is (and isn't) and shows examples of how to get it on the page.

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