Whose Head Are You In?

#WritingTips #EditingAdvice #WritingLife #IndieAuthorAdvice Point of View: Seeing Through Your Story’s Eyes Are you an omniscient narrator, or do you use a first- or third-person POV? For first-person stories, consistency is the challenge — don’t change perspective along the way. The reader travels with your protagonist and only becomes aware of events when they do. Everything is perceived through your protagonist’s eyes. There is no context other than the protagonist’s viewpoint, thoughts, and actions. When…

Eliminate Redundancy for Stronger Prose

#WritingTips #EditingAdvice #WritingLife #IndieAuthorAdvice Write Clean, Write Clear Regularly, we find editing issues in books, even ones published by big publishers. A few examples: ‘I thought to myself.’ ‘In the past, I used to…’ ‘He wanted to shout it out loud.’ ‘She shrugged her shoulders.’ ‘This unexpected surprise was thankfully received.’ ‘It would appear that he overslept.’ I read the study relating to…’ ‘He was in receipt of…’ ‘The building was just a mere foot…