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Point of View in Fiction: How to Choose Your Narrator—and Use POV to Unstick a Stalled Story
Point of view isn't just a technical choice—it controls what your reader knows, feels, and notices. Here's how to choose the right POV for your story, and one pro trick for using it to break through a stuck draft.
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Catherine Forrest
Oct 27 min read


Character Soup
Too many characters and readers lose track. Too few and the story feels empty. Here's how to find the right cast size—and what to do when you have too many.
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Catherine Forrest
Jul 319 min read


Let’s cook up some irresistible character voices
Voice is not what a character says. Voice is how a character cannot help saying it.
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Catherine Forrest
May 306 min read
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