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Point of View in Fiction: A Guide for Novelists
When you sit down to write a story, one of your first decisions needs to be which character(s) will be telling the story – this your novel’s point of view (POV). This decision will shape every word on the page. Get it right and your readers will sink happily into…
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Head-Hopping in Fiction Writing: How to Avoid Reader Whiplash
What is head-hopping in fiction? Are you showing us the inner dialogue of more than one character within one scene? If you are, then this is probably head-hopping. What exactly is head-hopping, why does it matter, and how can you avoid it? What is Head-Hopping in Fiction Writing? Head-hopping refers…
