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POV Problems: The Series
Writing a novel is hard. Writing a series is liking trying to raise triplets–exponentially more difficult than raising three separate children. There are so many ways that writers can go wrong with a series that aren’t noticeable at the book … Continue reading
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Tagged being a writer, how to write, point of view, reading, series issues, writing
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When You Want To Read a Novel You Know Will Irk You
I read a book the other day that I hated. But I also really liked. It only took me a few days to read it because the story kept drawing me back in. I really wanted to know what happened. … Continue reading
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Tagged being a writer, I hate reading an interesting story that's poorly written, multiple viewpoints, patricia c. wrede blog, point of view, sometimes you can learn from other people's screw ups, writing
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Ugh.
What you never want to hear from your betas – the POV shifts or tense aren’t working. I’ve heard back from three of the four betas for the second novel. And two of the three commented on the POV shifts. … Continue reading
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Tagged being a writer, beta readers, empathy, new writer mistakes, point of view, Query Quagmire blog, randomness, some days I really should not write a blog post, writing
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Evolving as a writer
A while ago, I made a post about how I wrote in third person limited, because I couldn’t write in first person effectively. I think I also at some point expressed a dislike for present tense stories. But it just occurred … Continue reading
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Tagged being a writer, evolving as a writer, point of view, tense, what to write, writing, you don't know what you don't know
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Quick Point of View Comment
I finished the first Harry Potter book last night. And I don’t remember where I read it, but I remember someone commenting that the HP books were all written from Harry’s POV. They are not. At least not this one. … Continue reading
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Tagged being a writer, omniscient pov, point of view, reading, the key is making the story work, writing, your audience is your readers
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Spotting “Errors” and “Filtering”
Over on Absolute Write there’s a little discussion going on about “filtering.” As I understand it, filtering is a “mistake” some writers make that distances the reader from the story. Here’s what I think is an example: Filtering: Bob came … Continue reading
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Tagged being a writer, filtering, misused words, point of view, POV slips, writing
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Getting closer… (On Beta feedback and next steps)
So, Beta feedback is slowly trickling in. Three people other than me have actually read my novel and made it to the end – yippee! At this point there are some things I know I need to change:
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Tagged being a writer, beta readers, character names, consistency, editing, my novel, point of view, revising, writing
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If you want to write – read!
I’ve said it before, but it’s time to say it again. If you want to be a writer, you need to read. You need to read a lot. And, once you know what type of writing you want to do, you … Continue reading
Series Issues (Point of View changes)
I’ve decided now that I’m reading books as a writer that series present their own special challenges. (Turns out the plural of series is series. Who knew? I was just going to leave it that way because serieses certainly didn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged being a writer, novel series, point of view, writing
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M.H. Lee 