Here’s one of my favorite scenes from the Queen of DEEP POV, Suzanne Brockmann. Love being deep in Max’s head as he reacts to sour milk while talking on the phone. Good stuff. Suz could have said: Crap. Max looked at the milk carton and read the expiration date. Suz could have said: He’d taken…
Tag: Characters
One Little Dialogue Tip
I’m here with a quick tip for writing dialogue. It’s nothing new, but it really grabbed me this time around. It’s something I noticed while reading Angie Thomas’s novel The Hate U Give. It’s a stirring book, and yeah, it’s Thomas’s first novel. Twenty-five hundred reviews on Amazon; five solid stars. Praise is pouring in from…
Writing Great Villains, Part Two
A couple of weeks ago, I was cruising Netflix when I saw that Luke Cage Season 2 was out. Excited, I texted my wife at work to let her know what we would be watching in the immediate future. Now, I’m not big on binging TV shows. I am far too busy. Besides, if it’s a…
DEEP POV Lesson 2 – Let’s Get Started
Hello again! Welcome back. Today we’re going to start down the DEEP POV road. We’ll look at some examples and hear what some other authors have to say about going DEEP. One thing I’d like to point out is that we’re not looking at writing in DEEP POV all the time. Scenes or partial scenes…
DEEP POV Lesson 1 – Review of Point of View
Before we get into the nitty gritty of DEEP, we need a basic review of POV (point of view) itself. Here’s the down and dirty on the various POVs used in today’s fiction: First Person – past and present Second Person Third Person Omniscient Third Person Distant Third Person DEEP – past and present First…