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Are you receiving rejections for your short stories and novels but don’t know why?
Are you often told you’re guilty of author intrusion or that your story lacks emotion?
Has your manuscript been returned due to head-hopping issues?
Writing Made Simple-Point of View can help make your story stronger, eliminate problems that make you look like a beginning writer, and show you easy ways to get the reader to connect with every character you create.
You’ll learn-
The differences between first and third person tenses, and how they relate to point of view.
How to know which POV is right for your story.
Susan Palmquist
An Adams Media author.
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Point of View - Susan Palmquist
Writing Made Simple
Point of View
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
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Chapter 1
You’ve opted to buy this e-book which means you know the importance of point of view in a story. However, I’d like to go over some reasons why I think mastering this skill is vital for every writer.
Don’t look like an amateur
We all start our literary career as beginning writers, but that’s the last impression we want to give to an editor or agent. A sure way to look like an amateur is to run afoul of proper POV. One of the most common mistakes I see in a beginning writer’s work is they don’t understand POV and how to use it to their advantage. It often means the story is jarring and sometimes confusing to read. All of which makes it look like a beginning writer penned it, and that’s the last thing you want your work to say about you.
POV is interconnected with other elements of the storytelling process, for example, voice, character, and plot
I know some authors would disagree with me, but in my opinion, it’s almost like the backbone of the story to which all these elements are built and refined.
POV can turn a ho-hum story, and even a hackneyed plot, into a great read
It’s one of the try this exercises I’ll be recommending at the end of each chapter, and believe me, you’ll see just what POV can do to your story.
POV can affect the reader’s experience
I mentioned that not handling POV properly can make the story jarring to read. Another problem is using the wrong one, or even head-hoping, can ruin an otherwise great story.
POV can make a