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…
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DEEP POV – Introduction
Hello and welcome to another online adventure! I think we’re going to have a great time going DEEP. First, let me re-introduce myself. I’m Jax Hunter. I write romance (military romance, paranormal romance, and hockey romance) and historical fiction. I “found” DEEP POV quite a few years ago, before I started the military romance series….
Details, Details
Go find a copy of Lucia Berlin’s short story collection, A Manual for Cleaning Women. Find “Point of View” within. (Actually, okay, read the whole book or maybe one short story a week for as long as it takes. The title story is a masterpiece of humor and narration.) But “Point of View” is a…
Writing the Gender-Flipped Character
By Susan Spann Good fiction requires both male and female characters, and every author needs to learn to write both types convincingly in order to put a compelling cast on the page. Few authors have experience living as both a male and a female. Most of us are only dealt one hand of gender-cards. The…