Short stories are a whole different animal from novels. Many writers (including me, a few years ago) shy away from short stories because they can be so difficult and frustrating. But once you get the hang of them, they’re an excellent way to hone your writing skills, play with new techniques, and get your name…
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DEEP POV Lesson 6 – Using “You” in DEEP POV
Nic pulled himself from the car and tried to wake up. The cold air helped, but not much. Funny. Nic–every member of the Special Forces for that matter–was trained to take combat naps. It was a useful ability to put yourself into deep sleep for ten or fifteen minutes at a time and come out…
DEEP POV Lesson 5 – Using Internalization on Purpose
DEEP POV uses internalization purposefully. As you’re studying DEEP POV, you may think there’s an awful lot of internalization. You may be right. And as writers, we need to make sure our internalization – our DEEP POV – is not all over the place. Every thought the POV character has in a scene should be…
DEEP POV Lesson 3 – A Few More Rules
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…
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…