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Choose the Right Point of View
It’s a basic question: what is point of view and when do you use which point of view (or POV) in a novel? Point of view refers to the basic outlook of your story, who narrates it. First-person POV is firmly in a character’s head and told as if the character was narrating the action.…
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3rd Person POV: Think Like a Writer
Here’s another creative writing prompt for your 750 words, a challenge to write 750 words each day to better Think Like a Writer. Read more here. For the last two days, we have focused on point of view in your story or novel. Your writing tasks for today–for your “750 words each day in January”–is…
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1st Person POV: Think Like a Writer
Here’s another creative writing prompt for your 750 words, a challenge to write 750 words each day to better Think Like a Writer. Read more here. Yesterday, today and tomorrow, we are focusing on point of view in your story or novel. Your writing tasks for the next 2 days for your Think Like a…
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Omniscient POV: Think Like a Writer
Here’s another creative writing prompt for your 750 words, a challenge to write 750 words each day to better Think Like a Writer. Read more here. For the recent discussion on focal length of your scene, I accidentally confused a reader. I wrote: A scan is a way to show a crowd scene economically, yet…
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POV and Voice
L asks: “Do you think an author’s ‘voice’ is easier to establish when a novel is written in 3rd POV omniscient than in 1st POV? Just asking because in the writing of my current WIP novel, I felt that I had to find and stick with the MC’s voice, and now in the polishing –…