Deep POV Tips Part 3

What is Needed Pt 2: Conclusion Defeating Writer’s Block

Deep POV Tips Part 3

A few weeks ago I attended a webinar the subject of which was deep third person POV and wrote Part 1 & Part 2 of this series shortly after that time. As promised, here are more tips gleaned from the presentation that you may find helpful as I know they will be for me.

Avoid these types of words: These are divided into two categories and should be avoided as forms of telling rather than showing. With deep POV using these words is inconsistent with the perspective of the character and jars the reader out of their experience with the story’s flow.

1. Narrative words about character activity:

Editing for Deep POV

Thought

Realized

Wished

Felt

See/Saw

Heard

Knew

Speculated

Questioned

2. Words telling the POV character’s emotional state:

Anger

Fear

Nervousness

Fury

Joy

Shyness

Doubt

Despair

There are many more commonly used words that could be added to these lists. Take time to edit these types of telling out of your deep POV to gain maximum effect from this style of writing. Again, deep POV will eliminate most telling/showing issues from your manuscript since it is like zooming in on the character.

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