I planned on writing a post about Deep POV, but found Camy Tang has already done a series on this subject. Rather than re-word what she's written, I'll send you over there. Here's the link for the series.
Do you know of anyone else who's written about Deep POV? If you do, please direct us. Do you have anything to add about Deep POV?
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What's the difference between deep POV and omniscient? I write in omniscient third, but from the article, I do a lot of what she describes as deep POV.
ReplyDeleteI think with omniscient, you don't go as deep. It's more of a sense of all-knowing, not all-feeling. The narration is more along the lines of telling rather than showing. As a reader, you feel like someone's telling you a story rather than living through the characters. If you read older novels that used omniscient, you'll see what I mean. The Deep POV is considered to be the new way of writing. At least, that's what I've been reading.
ReplyDeleteLynnette Labelle
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ReplyDeletePerhaps I've been looking at omniscient wrong all this time. That's how I looked at omniscient--letting the reader know what the character is feeling and what they're thinking, as though they were the character.
Thanks for setting me straight, Lynnette!
Thanks Lynette! I'll have to run over and check it out!
ReplyDeleteKaye Dacus (Kayedacus.com) I know has, and I think the gals over at seekerville.blogspot.com have as well.
ReplyDeleteI'm looking forward to reading Camy's take on it as well!
Thanks for posting the link. I really enjoyed reading the articles.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Krista. I'll check those out, too.
ReplyDeleteLynnette Labelle
Oh, I remember taking a class on deep POV years ago. This is the advantage of joining a writer's organization because they do have classes for such things.
ReplyDeleteHonestly, if you understand your characters and have a good grasp of pacing, deep POV is going to flow for you. I write in 1st person so I don't have much choice :)