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What Point of View (POV) Should You Use for Your Novel?
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What Point of View (POV) Should You Use for Your Novel?

Lesson 6 of "How to Finally Get Started on that Novel"

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Lesson 6 of 8 from “How to Finally Get Started on that Novel”

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Point-of-view [POV] is like the air quality of a novel – it affects everything that happens and how you access it, and yet if it’s working properly, you likely don’t notice it at all.  …

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Author of 5 novels, including Dear Edna Sloane (Red Hen Press, 2024) & Animal Instinct (Putnam, 2025). Essays in New York Times Modern Love, Oprah Daily, & elsewhere. Teaches writing & works 1:1 with writers.
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