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'PoV' stands for 'Point of View'. Use this tag for questions about usage of PoV in novels. Use the 'viewpoint' tag if your question is about the grammatical viewpoints (first, third, etc.), which to use, or how to use them.
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How do I create dialog when the story is told in letters by the protagonist?
This is a nice question. While I think it'd harm the authenticity of the format to have full-scale conversational dialogue in a story framed as a series of letters, especially if it's multiple charact …
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How to improve a scene where the drama is one-sided and not with the POV character?
Sometimes the drama doesn't have to lie with the POV character, and in addition, it presents an opportunity to deftly show, and not tell. … All of the upheaval and anger and confusion that one can easily see via a POV character's internal thoughts on the page are now absent. …
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How do I differentiate between the "voices" of my characters in a multi-character POV?
The others have pretty much said everything that needs to be said. Unless you have sufficient capacity to empathise with others, you're gonna have a hard time. If you are finding it difficult to get i …
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How to write a convincing character with a opinion that differs from the author's?
I personally don't think Digital Dracula's answer is useful. You want to write a convincing bigot, which is fair. Think about why bigots are the way they are, their motives.
Sometimes, they have a st …
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Can the prologue's POV be different from the POV of the main story?
This is not only done, but is a staple of George RR Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire - all books' prologues and epilogues have a one-time POV character that dies by the end of it. …
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How to write female characters with agency?
Femininity simply means embracing traditionally feminine activities, such as being nurturing, delicate yet skilled work (like needlework), preferring dresses over shirts, taking pride in a feminine ap …
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