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How much of a character's thinking can a scene hold
A thought earns its place when it adds what the action cannot. Here is how to tell interiority that deepens a moment from interiority that stalls it, with a simple test for cutting or keeping.5 min read
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Multiple POV novels: when they work and when they fragment the story
A second POV only earns its place if it carries information or a stake nobody else in the book has. Here's the test, the failure mode, and how to catch it before revision three.4 min read
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How to write an unreliable narrator
Naivety, self-deception, bias, deliberate lies, altered perception: five sources of unreliability, how to plant the gap between what's said and what's true, and where the technique breaks.5 min read
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Present tense vs past tense: which should your novel use
Past tense narrates after the fact and lets a story breathe. Present tense removes that distance and raises the stakes on every page. Here is how to actually choose between them.5 min read
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What is deep POV, and how to write it
Deep POV means writing third person so close to a character's mind that filter words like she felt disappear, replaced by the character's own voice on the page.5 min read
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First person vs third person: how to choose your novel's point of view
A practical breakdown of what first and third person actually do to a reader, with a scene rewritten both ways so you can see the difference before you commit to 80,000 words of it.5 min read