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Just realized I've been using the wrong POV in my short stories this whole time
I read a blog post from Writer's Digest that said 90% of amateur writers default to first person when third person limited would serve the story better, and after checking my last 5 drafts I saw they were right every time.
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oliviabarnes6d ago
Did I write this post? Because I've been nodding through entire conversations like a bobblehead doll.
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val_wilson6d ago
wait until you realize you've been writing all your dialogue attribution wrong too. i wrote 3 short stories with "he nodded" or "she smiled" after every single line before someone told me that's not how you do it. still recovering from that one.
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