After every important action or observation, I want you to ask yourself, what does this mean to my point of view character right now in the moment?

So not in general, not eventually, right now in this moment, given what they know, given what they want, given what they're trying to do?

What does this mean to my point of view character right now? And then

write the line in your draft that answers that question. Welcome to the fiction writing

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I want to prove to you that writing a novel doesn't have to be overwhelming.

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In today's episode, we're talking about point of view, specifically the five most common

point of view mistakes I see writers make. And here's the thing about point of view. It's one of

the trickiest layers of fiction to get right because it controls how the reader is going to

experience your story.

It determines whose head we're in, what they have access to, what they're allowed to know,

and how close they feel to your character on the page. And so if you've ever had the experience

of reading back through one of your scenes and you've had the thought that something here

isn't quite working, but you can't figure out what it is,

then point of view is one of the first places I recommend you look, especially if the scene has the

right events, but still feels confusing, distant, flat, or emotionally disconnected.

And so in this episode, I'm going to walk you through the five most common mistakes I see in regards to point of view.

I'm going to share what each mistake looks like on the page, why it pulls readers out of your story, and what to do instead.

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