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Head-Hopping in Fiction Writing: How to Avoid Reader Whiplash
What is head-hopping in fiction? Are you showing us the inner dialogue of more than one character within one scene? If you are, then this is probably head-hopping. What exactly is head-hopping, why does it matter, and how can you avoid it? What is Head-Hopping in Fiction Writing? Head-hopping refers…
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When your Point of View Character is Absent
When you are writing a novel from one character’s point of view, it’s important that everything being said on the page has been experienced by that character. We can only smell what they smell, see what they see, hear what they hear. If you suddenly start describing something that happens…
