Point of View: Common Types and 5 Tips for St...

posted on: Jul 2, 2012 | author: Lori Devoti

Point of view, it seems so simple, but it is so easy to screw up, and if you do, all your other hard work plotting and building characters my be for...

Point of View Whiplash: Head Hopping

posted on: Jan 30, 2012 | author: Lori Devoti

 When you sit down to write a story, you can start a lot of places—plot, character, setting—but very early you are going to have to make one...

Writing Prompts: Point of View

posted on: Nov 25, 2011 | author: Kathy Steffen

Point of view is one of the most powerful tools in your creative writing toolbox. Time to use this power in writing prompts! Going beyond the basics...

Getting Up Close and Personal with Your Chara...

posted on: Nov 9, 2011 | author: Lori Devoti

Recently I was reading a book by one of my favorite authors. This author has a series that I love, and I would without question say he is a fabulous...

Point-of-View in Young Adult Fiction

posted on: Jul 1, 2011 | author: KristiCook

I thought I’d talk a little about point-of-view (POV) in young adult fiction—a little more of craft-based a topic than I usually touch on, but...

What’s Your Point of View?

posted on: Apr 20, 2011 | author: Lori Devoti

Pick up a novel—whatever is closest to you. What point of view is it written in? Do you know? Do you hear a narrator’s voice who isn’t one of...