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Choose a Powerful Foundation for Your Story, Part Two

Lynette Burrows — Wed, 21 May 2025 08:15:00 +0000

The second of a two part series, lists the strengths & limitations of each Point of View and offers tips to help writers choose the best one for their story.

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P-O-What?

Guest Blogger — Mon, 13 Apr 2020 11:02:17 +0000

Lori Freeland defines Point of View (POV) - how to choose, a definition of POV types and why it is all so important to the reader. Fantastic examples!

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One Quick Fix For “Telling” In Deep Point Of View

Guest Blogger — Wed, 22 Jan 2020 12:01:09 +0000

Lisa Hall Wilson offers a solid fix to help writers stay in Deep Point of View. Examples and tips provided for authors of all levels.

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How To Tell If You’re Writing In Deep Point Of View

Guest Blogger — Wed, 27 Nov 2019 12:01:40 +0000

Lisa Hall Wilson breaks down Deep Point of View in a way that is (finally!) easy to understand.

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Writing Deep Point of View Like A Pro: A Checklist

Guest Blogger — Mon, 01 Oct 2018 11:00:19 +0000

Lisa Hall-Wilson You don’t know what you don’t know, right? That’s part of what makes writing in deep point of view so hard. I have spent years studying this technique and continue to learn more about it. But if you had a place to start maybe you could get started on your own. But […]

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Using Third Person vs First Person Novel Narratives

Guest Blogger — Wed, 14 Feb 2018 12:01:49 +0000

Les Edgerton Hi folks, A source of discussion that always comes up at the beginning of my classes is whether the writer should use first- or third-person. The short answer I usually give, is: “Whatever the material calls for.” Since that doesn’t adequately address the question, I go on to amplify the answer, and that’s […]

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A Writer’s Perspective on Point of View

Guest Blogger — Wed, 27 Sep 2017 11:01:17 +0000

Kimberly Brock Taking a fresh look at things I am consumed by the idea of perspective. At the moment, I’m witnessing the effects of a visual processing disorder in one of my children, which means that for him, nothing is as it seems. I admit that as a parent, I’m busy doing everything I can […]

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Becoming your POV Character

Guest Blogger — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 12:00:36 +0000

Marcy Kennedy One of the most common writing challenges is avoiding point-of-view errors. It doesn’t seem to matter where we are along the writing path—from newbie to multi-published—point-of-view errors crop up like many-headed hydra. Just when we think we’ve got them all, there’s another head coming around to bite us from behind. When we start […]

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Diving Deep into Deep Point of View

Guest Blogger — Mon, 27 Oct 2014 11:00:31 +0000

Rhay Christou Agents want it. Editors want it. Readers are begging for it. Deep point of view is all the rage. But what is deep point of view? Deep point of view is intense. It not only represents the sights, sounds, and actions filtered through a POV (point of view) character but goes deeper […]

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