[Stylist] good POV article from the Writer newsletter

[ckuell at comcast.net]

Hey Annie,

 

Thanks for taking the time to read, cut, paste, and share this article with
us. While I'm a big fan of multiple points of view, I'd caution writers to
make sure they clearly break up whose POV we the reader are in at any given
time. I just read a 130 page novella where the writer was head-hopping right
and left within the same chapter, which I told them will slow down the
reader while they transition from one POV to another.

 

I'll also mention that I'm currently reading 'Anxious People' by Frederick
Backman-which was the second highest rated fiction book on goodreads for
2021-and it's written from an omniscient perspective. And in this case, the
authorial intrusion really works.

 

Chris

 

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