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: Can we share our own stories? I have just started a blog on which I publish short stories (https://readbetweenthelie.wixsite.com/read). For my new story, I am writing the story in 2nd POV, an
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: Is it okay to use a lot of questions to show my characters' thoughts? First off, I'm sure someone will direct me to this question, and I want to make it clear that my question is different.
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: Is it poor technique to use a different characters POV for only a short scene in a novel length piece of work? Basically what I'm wondering here is if it's distracting or poor technique to
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: How to Structure a single-perspective Novel into Chapters? Now my case is not novel-wide; I have to do this in one part of the novel, but I extended the question to a more generalised one,
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: How do I write from a girl's POV? Ok, I know this question might seem a little bit weird. But I really need to know. How do I write from a girl's POV? I'm a 13 year old boy and I'm
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: Using "now" from a character's POV The story is written in 3rd person POV, close. But I feel like the very last end feels jarring. He trailed his hand along the railing as he climbed the
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: Should I change my point of view? I am not very familiar with "point of view". From my understanding, (correct if I'm wrong, but I looked it up so I think I'm right) 1st person
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: Struggling with using correct tenses, please help! I am writing my first book, which I am very passionate about, but there are small details in the art of writing that have me second guessing
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: Should I add in POV's for characters if the plot wasn't designed around them? I am writing a YA fantasy. There are three main characters, but the plot was entirely designed around Character
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: How to write a scene in third person limited when the POV character is not in it? I am studying the third person POV for my novel. I read about the third person limited POV. I don't understand
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: What are the advantages and disadvantages of using 'third person POV' for historical fiction? I am starting to write my second book which is historical fiction. I had written my first book in
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: How often should multiple POV be used? I'm starting on my second novel, and my two main characters take two paths that give necessary information for the story. I want to begin a chapter using
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: Can you occasionally transition from the close third person to a first person thought? I'm writing a novel in the close third person POV. I want to shift occasionally into first person thought,
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: I'm writing a prologue from the POV of a non-English-speaking character. How should I write the dialogue? Picturing this in movie form would be easy. I would have the character speak their native
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: How can I indicate time passing? There is a scene in which my main character is hiding from the villain while they are both in the same room. I want this to be a suspenseful and agonizing
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: How to write the same event with a different POV? I am aiming to change POV in the middle of my book, based on my previous question and I have yet to decide where to start the second POV.
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: How to write a drunken POV scene One of my POV characters is an overthinker. Partly because she wishes to stop thinking so much, and partly because of peer pressure, she gets super drunk...
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: How can I introduce a new POV late in my book? In the book I am writing, the first seven chapters are from the POV of one character. In chapter 8, I am planning to add a second POV character.
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: Writing Historically accurate diversity vs. Telling someone else's story I am writing a story that takes place in a period of heavy political tension. It is a fictional world, but based off
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: Third person omniscient or limited? This is kind of difficult to explain (im sorry if its really long) and I haven't found a question yet that addresses my exact issue. Apologies in advance
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: How do I make my supporting POV interesting, altough he is not important in the story? I have one POV character who is not too important to the story. He is an Elf soldier who keeps a important
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: Multiple First Person Narrators: how should I differentiate? I am writing a novel (it will eventually be a series of five novels) and there are multiple first-person narrators. Each chapter starts
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: How to write a book from NOT the main character's POV and then organically switch the main character How can you write a book from the point of view of a character who is not the main character
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: Can I mix one character's dialogue with another's POV in the same paragraph? I'm struggling trying to write a scene (fiction novel). I want to know if it would be confusing to write it this
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: Point of View Confusion I’m confused about point of view. In my story—so far—I only reveal to the reader what the main character, a child, can see/hear. Not often, but at times, I write
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: Is it bad style if the personal first person narrator of a story dies during said story? Right now I'm writing a novel in which I use the changing perspectives of two main characters with
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: How to not confuse readers with simultaneous events? In an omniscient third person, I have 8 (practically unrelated) events going simultaneously in different parts of a large mansion. I want to
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: Is it okay for a chapter's POV to shift as it progresses? I have this duo in my novel, they're always together in chapters. Usually the story alternates between them within their plot, though
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: 1st person addressing a narrator I'm writing a story in first person, but with a third person narrator for the secondary character. I was wondering if there were any books or stories to research
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: How to build up towards a "Moment of Reckoning" when my story is told in the first person? I had started writing my novel in the first person. Later on, I planned some plot twists along
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: How important is it for multiple POVs to run chronologically? The way I am currently designing a story with three distinct POVs. An issue I am running into, however, is that one of these has
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: Any Tips On Writing Extended Recollection In A Novel So, I've been working for about a month now on my latest novel but have come across some issues in regards to recollections of past events.
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: When two first person POV characters meet NOTE: I've seen this question asked when the POV is third but not first. I write psychological thrillers that move quickly and focus heavily on what
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: POV - 3rd Person Rules and Exceptions? I'm stuck on a POV question in a short story I'm writing. The entire story is written in 3rd Person, but not omniscient - I guess it's either "distant
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: Tackling backstory while writing multiple POVs I am trying to write from multiple points of views with my first fiction book. I need to handle backstory (part of the overall plot) where all
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: In third-person limited POV, what can be described? In 3rd person limited, when the protagonist is present in a scene, can the narrator describe something in a scene that the protagonist cannot
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: Which techniques maintain reader interest when the POV is a spectator? (Sports story as sidequest?) In my case, my character is literally a spectator. They're at a sporting event. There will
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: Can a third-person narrator ask questions instead of the characters? In novels, when the PoV follows a particular character, is pretty common that we get to hear his/her thoughts. Sometimes, those
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: If the narrator of the story is a pet, can I still add some philosophical stuff into its narration? So, the story is about the heroine of the book, but the whole thing is narrated by her
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: What are the points to remember when the pet is the narrator and is narrating the story of its owner? I'm working on a novel which is based on a true story. I first thought of writing from
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