Marcy Kennedy Knihy

You've heard the advice "show, don't tell" until you can't stand to hear it anymore. Yet fiction writers of all levels still seem to struggle with it. There are three reasons for this. The first is that this isn't an absolute rule. Telling isn't always wrong. The second is that we lack a clear way of understanding the difference between showing and telling. The third is that we're told "show, don't tell," but we're often left without practical ways to know how and when to do that, and how and when not to. So that's what this book is about. <b>Chapter One</b> defines showing and telling and explains why showing is normally better. <b>Chapter Two</b> gives you eight practical ways to find telling that needs to be changed to showing and guides you in understanding how to make those changes. <b>Chapter Three</b> explains how telling can function as a useful first draft tool. <b>Chapter Four</b> goes in-depth on the seven situations when telling might be the better choice than showing. <b>Chapter Five</b> provides you with practical editing tips to help you take what you've learned to the pages of your current novel or short story. <i>Mastering Showing and Telling in Your Fiction</i> also includes three appendices covering how to use <i>The Emotion Thesaurus</i>, dissecting an example so you can see the concepts of showing vs. telling in action, and explaining the closely related topic of As-You-Know-Bob Syndrome. Each book in the <i>Busy Writer's Guides</i> series is intended to give you enough theory so that you can understand why things work and why they don't, but also enough examples to see how that theory looks in practice. In addition, they provide tips and exercises to help you take it to the pages of your own story with an editor's-eye view. Most importantly, they cut the fluff so you have more time to write and to live your life.

Do you want readers to be so caught up in your book that they forget they’re reading? Then you need deep POV.Deep POV takes the reader and places them inside of our characters—hearing their thoughts, feeling their emotions, and living the story through them. Compared to other writing styles, it builds a stronger emotional connection between the reader and our characters, creates the feeling of a faster pace, and helps avoid point-of-view errors and telling rather than showing.In Deep Point of View, writing instructor and fiction editor Marcy Kennedy brings her years of experience into showing you how to write deep POV. You’ll learn specific, practical things you can do immediately to take your fiction to the next level.Each book in the Busy Writer’s Guide series is intended to give you enough theory so that you can understand why things work and why they don’t, but also enough examples to see how that theory looks in practice. In addition, they provide tips and exercises to help you take it to the pages of your own story, with an editor’s-eye view. Most importantly, they cut the fluff so that you have more time to write and to live your life.

Point of view isn’t merely another writing craft technique. Point of view is the foundation upon which all other elements of the writing craft stand—or fall.It’s the opinions and judgments that color everything the reader believes about the world and the story. It’s the voice of the character that becomes as familiar to the reader as their own. It’s what makes the story real, believable, and honest. Yet, despite its importance, point-of-view errors are the most common problem for fiction writers. In Point of View in A Busy Writer’s Guide , you’ll learn• the strengths and weaknesses of the four different points of view you can choose for your story (first person, second person, limited third person, and omniscient),• how to select the right point of view for your story,• how to maintain a consistent point of view throughout your story,• practical techniques for identifying and fixing head-hopping and other point-of-view errors,• the criteria to consider when choosing the viewpoint character for each individual scene or chapter,• and much more!Each book in the Busy Writer’s Guide series is intended to give you enough theory so that you can understand why things work and why they don’t, but also enough examples to see how that theory looks in practice. In addition, they provide tips and exercises to help you take it to the pages of your own story, with an editor’s-eye view. Most importantly, they cut the fluff so that you have more time to write and to live your life.