Thursday, May 2, 2013
POV can be tricky
So even after going over the manuscript of KOK with a resolve to perfect all POVs, I still find myself fixing parts that I had thought were acceptable. I was almost half way through the manuscript, but last night I decided to start from the beginning, and sure enough, right there in chapter one I found POV issues that were still there. Just to reiterate, I'm applying the lessons I learned from my experiences with Penumbra. Specifically, very strict guidelines about third person limited POV, dialogue tags, and character descriptions. It's all about getting your writing to a higher level of literary standards. And who wouldn't want that? It makes you a better writer and it makes your writing a lot better. So you keep at it, and at it and at it. Like anything else, the more you do it, the better you get. I learned that a long time ago.
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