Point of view, it seems so simple, but it is so easy to screw up, and if you do, all your other hard work plotting and building characters may be for naught as your reader, frustrated with not knowing whose head they are in, flings your book across the room. There are many types of … [Read more…]
Head hopping. You’ve probably heard the term, but have you been accused of it? Do you know what head hopping is and why you want to avoid it? How to avoid it? When you sit down to write a story, you can start a lot of places—plot, character, setting—but very early you are going to … [Read more…]
Here are some prompt ideas for your work-in-progress to help you strengthen your story AND help you expand your own point of view writing techniques at the same time.
Close point of view, also called limited point of view, gets you up close and personal with the character who is telling the story. You are in his head. You hear his thoughts and know his opinions. With close point of view, you are able to really get in that character’s body and live the … [Read more…]
I thought I’d talk a little about point of view in young adult fiction—a little more of craft-based a topic than I usually touch on, but I think it’s an important one. Basically, there are three types of point of view to choose from when crafting your young adult or teen novel: Third person omniscient … [Read more…]