Comments on: POV shifts and errors http://www.fictionwithfriction.com/2007/09/07/pov-shifts-and-errors/ The Hottest Gay Romance Authors Are Here... Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:14:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: JL Langley http://www.fictionwithfriction.com/2007/09/07/pov-shifts-and-errors/#comment-341 JL Langley Sat, 08 Sep 2007 15:34:11 +0000 http://www.fictionwithfriction.com/2007/09/07/pov-shifts-and-errors/#comment-341 oooh yeah, good one, Alex. I just read a book where this New Yorker was using they same sayings the Texan was. I was like O_O huh? oooh yeah, good one, Alex. I just read a book where this New Yorker was using they same sayings the Texan was. I was like O_O huh?

]]> By: Kimber http://www.fictionwithfriction.com/2007/09/07/pov-shifts-and-errors/#comment-339 Kimber Sat, 08 Sep 2007 12:27:38 +0000 http://www.fictionwithfriction.com/2007/09/07/pov-shifts-and-errors/#comment-339 Alex, That is so true though I don't think I've ever really thought of it in quite that way. When I write and the writing is going well, I can *hear* my characters' voices in my head and each one sounds unique from all the others just the way real people all sound different from one another. Then when I write the dialogue, and even the internal thoughts, I try to reflect that unique voice in the written words. The best example I can think of right now is the use of the word *boyfriend*. In my current WIP I have one character who uses that word freely to describe his relationship with his lover. The lover, however, is a different matter. He prefers the word *lover* or *partner* though he thinks of the relationship in the same way. Great ovservation. Alex, That is so true though I don’t think I’ve ever really thought of it in quite that way.

When I write and the writing is going well, I can *hear* my characters’ voices in my head and each one sounds unique from all the others just the way real people all sound different from one another. Then when I write the dialogue, and even the internal thoughts, I try to reflect that unique voice in the written words.

The best example I can think of right now is the use of the word *boyfriend*. In my current WIP I have one character who uses that word freely to describe his relationship with his lover. The lover, however, is a different matter. He prefers the word *lover* or *partner* though he thinks of the relationship in the same way.

Great ovservation.

]]> By: Alex http://www.fictionwithfriction.com/2007/09/07/pov-shifts-and-errors/#comment-336 Alex Sat, 08 Sep 2007 01:20:16 +0000 http://www.fictionwithfriction.com/2007/09/07/pov-shifts-and-errors/#comment-336 What really chaps me is when ,no matter whose pov your in, the characters think the same thing. It could be a word or a phrase, but when it is identical to the way the other person thought of it, it drives me crazy. People just dont think that way. What really chaps me is when ,no matter whose pov your in, the characters think the same thing. It could be a word or a phrase, but when it is identical to the way the other person thought of it, it drives me crazy. People just dont think that way.

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