Deep POV is one of those subtle tricks we writers have in our magic bag. Want to sell more books? Give readers what they LOVE. What do readers LOVE? Being IN the story.
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Jul 17 2017
Deep POV: Using Personal Vows To Increase Story Tension
Ah personal vows. I’m big on those and one core vow I made several years ago was to seek out the best of the best. Locate talent, nurture it, then share it with you guys. I’m passionate about mastery. Mastery however requires sacrifice, and that sacrifice is we cannot do all things. We need to …
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Apr 10 2017
DEEP POV—What is It? Why Do Readers LOVE It?
So maybe you’re bee-bopping along on the interwebs, clicking on blogs, checking out writing resources when you see it float across your tweet deck. Or perhaps you’re at a writing conference looking all intellectual and stuff, and in the conversations this phrase deep POV keeps floating past. Deep POV. Deep POV. You keep hearing it, seeing it… …
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Mar 16 2016
Want a Page-Turner? You Need Deep POV
Deep POV is the magic sauce that can make our books so all-consuming that readers miss their subway stops, consider calling in sick for work, and burn the casserole.
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Mar 13 2016
Getting in Character—Deep POV Part Two
When we know our characters, who they are, how they came to be, the formative experiences, we can then crawl in that skin and become that person. By us becoming that character, we then have the power to transport our reader into the skins we have fashioned.
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