The questions were asked? Does deep point of view (POV) only involve the reader’s sense of sight? How does the writer successfully show sound, taste, smell and touch/feel? Deep POV is a total immersion of the reader into the character. Therefore, all five senses play...
Would you like to make an editor’s heart sing? One way to do it is to pay attention to the little things: commas, periods, question marks, em-dashes, ellipses, semicolons, colons, and another punctuation mark called the paragraph. I know what you’re thinking. I’m...
Realism is important in fiction, especially when we talk about plausibility. For example, a plot should always be plausible and realistic. In our everyday lives there are laws and rules that prevent us from presenting a Pollyanna existence for our characters. Always,...
A disturbing trend has begun in the world of fiction. I have to admit that I do not read much secular work, so the novels in which I have noted this newest technique have all been in CBA. Back story is something every writer hears about. We’re told not to drop it into...
Recently, a friend asked me how an editor can tell that an author has found genuine “voice”? That’s a deep and profound question. I only wish I had a concrete answer. The truth is, I cannot speak for all editors, because editing, like critique, or a reader’s...
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