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Writing tips / notes / links that I (a complete novice and a dyslexic to boot) have found useful. I still have no clue what I'm doing, so this is very much a work-in-progress and will be updated when ever I stumble across anything useful. This is N...

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Types of POV

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by Ehcmcs

by Ehcmcs

I read a lot, but have written basically nothing with a POV until very recently. I honestly wonder what the hell my GCSE English syllabus contained, because I'm starting to realise that it wasn't anything even remotely useful for an author.

Anyhoo... there's a nice simple summary here. I've read other, more detailed descriptions, but, quite frankly, they made my head hurt!

http://www.thebeginningwriter.com/2012/03/look-at-different-types-of-point-of.html?m=1

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Oh and this is nice, I always like diagrams; they're friendly.

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This is good too & mentions a bit about head - jumps (more on that in the next chapter).

http://blog.nathanbransford.com/2012/11/third-person-omniscient-vs-third-person.html?m=1