tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4955548665653773708.post8510340133874638146..comments2024-03-16T11:38:39.317-04:00Comments on Author Jean Davis: A to Z: Editing Fiction - Point of ViewJean Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02047709505502621618noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4955548665653773708.post-27627612286060779402017-04-20T13:00:52.662-04:002017-04-20T13:00:52.662-04:00I've learned, the hard way, to print a copy fo...I've learned, the hard way, to print a copy for my first edit. I then label the top of each chapter page as to who owns the POV. Makes it much easier for me to correct those little (and not so little) lapses in POV etiquette.<br /><br />DB McNicol | Oh, the places we will go! | <a href="http://dbmcnicol.blogspot.com/2017/04/atozchallenge-P.html" rel="nofollow">Quartzsite & ???</a>Donna B. McNicolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15209611782116113024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4955548665653773708.post-68010443737509661432017-04-20T05:01:32.750-04:002017-04-20T05:01:32.750-04:00I know what you mean, as a reader, I really don...I know what you mean, as a reader, I really don't like hopping between POVs in the middle of a scene. Plus, it's also really difficult to make sure your reader knows whose POV you're writing from when you bounce about too often.<br /><br />Depth of POV is an interesting one - we did a lot of removal of extraneous information from one of our books that might have been interesting, but interrupted the flow of the story and was not necessary, it went too deep into the POV and background reasoning of a character that could be shown rather than told.<br />Sophie<br /><a href="http://sophiesthoughtsandfunmbles.blogspot.co.uk" rel="nofollow">Sophie's Thoughts & Fumbles - Dragon Diaries</a>Sophie Duncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14768033409563305140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4955548665653773708.post-22464915471369099302017-04-19T18:04:50.600-04:002017-04-19T18:04:50.600-04:00I write first person, and my current project switc...I write first person, and my current project switches POV between the two main characters. It's very tricky to make the characters each sound unique, but I'm determined. Because I really hate it when a story is supposedly in multiple points of view, but all the narration sounds exactly the same. Different people will have different pet phrases, notice different things, have very different emotional reactions to the same stimuli. Laurel Garverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03657218435228802535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4955548665653773708.post-33944530339765914792017-04-19T17:14:15.094-04:002017-04-19T17:14:15.094-04:00I don't have any particular preference as long...I don't have any particular preference as long as the writing's good, but too much head hopping can get jarring. As for inner thoughts - I probably do too much of that. Should tone some things down and leave them more to the imagination!Nick Wilfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03841776353790635132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4955548665653773708.post-46566828170421883502017-04-19T11:13:09.800-04:002017-04-19T11:13:09.800-04:00So I'm not the only one noticing that. I don&#...So I'm not the only one noticing that. I don't get it either and I'm not fond of it even in romance, which I do read a good deal.Jean Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02047709505502621618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4955548665653773708.post-89302900395695972182017-04-19T11:12:02.491-04:002017-04-19T11:12:02.491-04:00Thanks for stopping by, Hilary! Still loving all y...Thanks for stopping by, Hilary! Still loving all your animal posts. :)Jean Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02047709505502621618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4955548665653773708.post-70771987528009117682017-04-19T11:11:35.040-04:002017-04-19T11:11:35.040-04:00Chapter breaks to make things clear for everyone. ...Chapter breaks to make things clear for everyone. Those are my favorite too.Jean Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02047709505502621618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4955548665653773708.post-26182241109429196682017-04-19T11:11:01.350-04:002017-04-19T11:11:01.350-04:00POV can be fun to play with. You learn a good deal...POV can be fun to play with. You learn a good deal about your characters that way.Jean Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02047709505502621618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4955548665653773708.post-71142871655880005222017-04-19T11:10:16.592-04:002017-04-19T11:10:16.592-04:00Writing a scene through several characters as an e...Writing a scene through several characters as an exercise can be a lot of fun and a great way to stretch your understanding of those characters too. Jean Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02047709505502621618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4955548665653773708.post-5342780374506968652017-04-19T11:08:57.912-04:002017-04-19T11:08:57.912-04:00That's a very good point. Those slips drive me...That's a very good point. Those slips drive me batty too.Jean Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02047709505502621618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4955548665653773708.post-35939064125093375592017-04-19T10:31:37.883-04:002017-04-19T10:31:37.883-04:00I hate head-hopping too, but it seems to happen mo...I hate head-hopping too, but it seems to happen more and more often, even with excellent successful writers. I don't get it.Jacquihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07649925607626987794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4955548665653773708.post-34665998638971970992017-04-19T10:27:04.741-04:002017-04-19T10:27:04.741-04:00Hi Jean - I've never really considered this as...Hi Jean - I've never really considered this aspect - so it's interesting to read your post and the comments. Cheers Hilary<br /><br />http://positiveletters.blogspot.co.uk/2017/04/p-is-for-pigs.html<br />Hilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4955548665653773708.post-24226351024552167642017-04-19T10:26:20.609-04:002017-04-19T10:26:20.609-04:00I have yet to try to write from another's POV ...I have yet to try to write from another's POV in first person other than short stories. I admire those who can do it well. As far as reading books from multiple POV's, changes at chapter breaks are best for me.<br /><br />Emily | My Life In Ecuador | <a href="http://emilbloo.blogspot.com/2017/04/post-earthquake-makeshift-camps.html" rel="nofollow">Post-Earthquake makeshift camps</a>Emily in Ecuadorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06046387339831440902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4955548665653773708.post-319844647612905942017-04-19T09:30:27.777-04:002017-04-19T09:30:27.777-04:00I don’t mind reading stories written in single or ...I don’t mind reading stories written in single or multiple points of view so long as they are written well. I agree with you about consistency and not rushing a P.O.V shift. As I was reading I also thought about authors who write a whole novel in one character’s P.O.V, and then they are lucky enough to re-write the same novel from another character’s P.O.V from the same story. P.O.V has such amazing power!<br /><a href="https://writingiscommunication.wordpress.com/2017/04/19/a-z-blogging-challenge-raising-boys-the-penis-chronicles-presents-the-letter-p-for-princesses/" rel="nofollow">P for Princesses</a><br />Shari <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4955548665653773708.post-67492035696161292692017-04-19T09:25:28.070-04:002017-04-19T09:25:28.070-04:00You know, I like stories with single narrators to ...You know, I like stories with single narrators to a number of them, so long as there aren't more than 4 in the first couple chapters. Readers need continuity. I think it's a blast to rewrite scenes from a different characters perspective and see which one gets the biggest bang. You just never know.Crystal Collierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03912469552483168148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4955548665653773708.post-543858329508741142017-04-19T09:19:00.953-04:002017-04-19T09:19:00.953-04:00Often the head-hopping I encounter is not full-blo...Often the head-hopping I encounter is not full-blown, but more of a 'how did you know your own face is red' kind of thing (it can be heated, or warmed, or whatever, but you can't see the color of your own face unless you're standing in front of a mirror). Still, it throws me off when I'm reading.Addison Albrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12312474715024616907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4955548665653773708.post-83545906085503889662017-04-19T09:13:49.152-04:002017-04-19T09:13:49.152-04:00I write in both, but I find I get more attached to...I write in both, but I find I get more attached to my first person characters than those I write in third.Jean Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02047709505502621618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4955548665653773708.post-40692019069031270182017-04-19T09:03:53.538-04:002017-04-19T09:03:53.538-04:00Naturally. a memoir has to be written in first per...Naturally. a memoir has to be written in first person. In the past, I'd often tried writing fiction, preferring the third person. But now I'm also trying a diary-based novel, which naturally also has to be written in first person. I'm starting to find first person easy now.Jamie Ghionehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06508410672881133235noreply@blogger.com