By: Bill Henderson

Bill Henderson — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:31:32 +0000

I’ve intentionally not blogged much about POV because it’s a heady subject, maybe a bit too complex for blog posts, which are best kept short and pithy. I’d rather lay the whole topic out in an ebook or ecourse (stay tuned!) But for what you describe, you can reposition those descriptions of facial features in your POV character’s consciousness. Instead of: “Her eyes were a vivid but tranquil ice-blue,” you write something like: “He couldn’t help noticing her eyes–their vivid, ice-blue stillness.” Thoughts can be projected by the POV character: “I knew what he was thinking: I was too young to be part of their gang.” Or assumed: “His eyes cut to the door–I leaped to close it,” or: “She started to argue, then stopped in mid-sentence, obviously giving up any hope of convincing him.”

By: Norma

Norma — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 17:53:05 +0000

I am almost finished writing my very first novel and I am totally relieved after reading both Part I and Part II of your posts! I think I might have done a great job at having my character make choices that are believeable, but I’m still kind of stuck on the POV issue. It’s mostly from the main character’s point, but there are a couple of times where I let on to a thought or facial expression of another character that she was unaware of. I might have to go back and re-explore those times to see if they fit well. Thanks for all of your good advice!~

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