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Dear Alison, You're right. Sometimes all your story needs is a new POV. A change of perspective to really nail the storyline. Do you want to know a secret? Months ago, I wrote a Point of View post--I never published it because well... I'm not sure why, but I'm glad I didn't because it's the perfect post to follow your  POINT OF VIEW and Stories that JUST WON'T DIE  post. In my past life as a high school English teacher, I spent a lot of time on Point of View. I taught my students (and I believe it now more than ever) that Point of View is one of the most important literary devices to consider when writing your story. Think of Point of View as a camera lens. As the writer, you decide what view or perspective of the story you want the reader to experience. The Three Main Points of View (POV) include First person, Second Person, and Third Person. You are the Director. You decide what POV you want for your story. FIRST PERSON Fi...

Dear Kim, As you know I'm knee deep in a major manuscript overhaul. My characters shot me out of bed last night with a message and I wearily wrote this on the pad next to my bed: Ignore the nice writing at the top-- thoughtful things to add to my To Do list, written at a very reasonable 11pm. The chicken scratches that appear mid-page are the rantings of a 4:13am writer struggling to match the best point of view to a story that just won't die! As you know Headless (working title) started out with too many POV shifts. In the first few drafts, each first person/past tense chapter was followed by a  third person/present tense passage examining my main character's execution day. It was shifty. Oh so shifty. (And turns out, shitty too.) I worked out plot kinks, added another important character. Firmed up Elizabeth's struggle with wanting to love Nick, but knowing what he would/could eventually do to her. And then I promptly put the book away. For years. Three y...