The struggle over POV is real Have you ever struggled over what point-of-view is going to work best for your narrator? I recently changed a novel manuscript from first person POV (I) to third person (she). The reason for this is my narrator is a deeply flawed character who's not always so nice, and I feared that, in first person, readers might tire of her. When studying POV in my MFA program, … [Read more...]
All these monstrous words: Jim Morrison
As a writer, try to imagine, after your death, someone in your family who's not a writer going through all your work, past and present, drafts, false starts, deleted files, scribblings-- all of it-- and publishing whatever they thought best represented you. Scary, isn't it? Pardoned at last Jim Morrison is in the news again. Governor Charlie Crist submitted his name to Florida’s … [Read more...]
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