In many of today’s novel, the writer wants to delve deeper with their stories giving the reader a more in-depth look into who the characters are and what they’re thinking. The technique being used is called deep POV (point of view).
I remember when it was first suggested that I do this with my fiction novel. I had not earthly clue what that was. I understood POV to be what character the scene would be told from whether it was first person, third person, omniscient. However, deep POV was a new concept for me.
Then I was told about Jill Elizabeth Nelson’s book called Rivet Your Readers with Deep Point of View. One weekend she offered this book for free so I picked it up. It was a quick read, but I had a better understanding, at least, of what it was. However, I still wasn’t exactly sure how to implement it.
Over the past couple of years I’ve been working on this and slowly but surely getting better at it. Have I completely mastered it yet? Nope. But that’s okay. I know if I keep working at it I will become good at it.
Have you ever used deep POV before when you write or have you read a great book that has used this technique really well?
I’m still an amateur writer, so this is my first time hearing the phrase “Deep POV”, but from what I understand, it seems like a writing technique that would make readers more attached to the characters. If that’s the case, I think it’s great. For me, characters are what makes me fall in love with a story 🙂
Suzanne, that is a pretty good take on Deep POV. I guess the best way to describe it is as the reader is reading the story, it’s like they are in the mind of the character and feeling, seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting what the character is. It’s like you really draw them in,