http://boughanfire.com/2010/08/self-editing-2-character-description/ Thu, 13 Jan 2022 01:40:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://boughanfire.com/2010/08/self-editing-2-character-description/#comment-11920 Barbara Ann Wright Tue, 24 Aug 2010 18:50:50 +0000 http://boughanfire.com/2010/08/self-editing-2-character-description/#comment-11920 Luckily, I had a "How to write.." book when I was younger, so I've never done the mirror. I have made the goof of describing a character when we're in their pov before. Now I only try to do it when it's something the reader "has" to know. Luckily, I had a “How to write..” book when I was younger, so I’ve never done the mirror. I have made the goof of describing a character when we’re in their pov before. Now I only try to do it when it’s something the reader “has” to know.

]]> http://boughanfire.com/2010/08/self-editing-2-character-description/#comment-11884 Faith Mon, 23 Aug 2010 13:15:04 +0000 http://boughanfire.com/2010/08/self-editing-2-character-description/#comment-11884 When I write first drafts, I'll sometimes switch back and forth with POVs every so often, just to experiment with voice. Sometimes it helps me... other times it's just confusing. When I write first drafts, I’ll sometimes switch back and forth with POVs every so often, just to experiment with voice. Sometimes it helps me… other times it’s just confusing.

]]> http://boughanfire.com/2010/08/self-editing-2-character-description/#comment-11796 Kate Fri, 20 Aug 2010 16:55:20 +0000 http://boughanfire.com/2010/08/self-editing-2-character-description/#comment-11796 POV is my second least favourite thing (verb tenses are the worst). I have a chapter (A WHOLE CHAPTER) in "The Stone Thief" that's written from a different POV than the rest of the story, and I have NO IDEA how to fix it. Mostly, I've been ignoring it and hoping it will go away. POV is my second least favourite thing (verb tenses are the worst). I have a chapter (A WHOLE CHAPTER) in “The Stone Thief” that’s written from a different POV than the rest of the story, and I have NO IDEA how to fix it. Mostly, I’ve been ignoring it and hoping it will go away.

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