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The Power Of Point Of View: Make Your Story Come To Life | 
 enlarge | Author: Alicia Rasley
Publisher: Writers Digest Books
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 112538
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st. Ed
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 272
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 5.9 x 1
ISBN: 1582975248
Dewey Decimal Number: 808.3
EAN: 9781582975245
ASIN: 1582975248
Publication Date: March 11, 2008
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Product Description
Every Character Has a Voice Point of view isn't just an element of storytelling--when chosen carefully and employed consistently in a work of fiction, it is the foundation of a captivating story. It's the character voice you can hear as clearly as your own. It's the unique worldview that intrigues readers--persuading them to empathize with your characters and invest in their tale. It's the masterful concealing and revealing of detail that keeps pages turning and plots fresh. It's the hidden agenda that makes narrators complicated and compelling. It's also something most writers struggle to understand. In The Power of Point of View, RITA Award-winning author Alicia Rasley first teaches you the fundamentals of point of view (POV)--who is speaking, why, and what options work best within the conventions of your chosen genre. Then, she takes you deeper to explain how POV functions as a crucial piece of your story--something that ultimately shapes and drives character, plot, and every other component of your fiction. Through comprehensive instruction and engaging exercises, you'll learn how to: - choose a point of view that enhances your characters and plots and encourages reader involvement
- navigate the levels of a character's point of view, from objective viewing to action to emotion
- craft unusual perspectives, including children, animal narrators, and villains
A story changes depending on who's telling it, and The Power of Point of View will help you determine which of your characters can make your story come to life.
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Not only helpful, but entertaining October 21, 2008
Not only helpful, but entertaining
I was expecting a textbook with college-level material. This book has that, no question, but it goes beyond a traditional university class...with thought-provoking exercises to use whenever I feel like working, and examples to enjoy whenever I feel like reading at leisure.
And the advice is outstanding. For example, the idea that authors who hate analysis might just TRY analyzing a scene that flowed from their fingertips in a white-hot surge of creativity, just to see what they did right. That recommendation alone (see page 65) is golden, and it's only one of several dozen thoughtful, helpful pieces of advice.
This is a book I'll read again and again, both for brushups on viewpoint skill and for book excerpts that make learning POV a genuine pleasure. I wish more writing reference books were this easy to appreciate!
Wish I'd Had The Benefit of this Wisdom Years Ago September 23, 2008
Point of view was the one element that mystified me most when I first began writing fiction. I received so much contradictory advice from instructors and writing workshops on the subject that I all but gave up trying to understand its arcane and ever-shifting rules.
If only I had been armed with this marvelous guide.
Without a doubt, the 265 pages of this impressive work offer the most comprehensive and understandable treatment of POV that I've had the pleasure to encounter. In addition to her in-depth analysis of the various persons and their permutations, Rasley provides exercises and suggested readings to demonstrate what she teaches.
My favorite aphorism from the book: "You don't choose POV; it chooses you.
Beginners and advanced writers alike should choose this book for their writing library.
Brilliant! Rasley is a great teacher September 17, 2008
"Point of View" was very helpful to me as a once-published fiction writer. It is a great aid in elevating my writing to the next level. I would recommend it to any writers seeking to improve their craft and to break out of the wannabe published to successfully published.
The BEST! August 19, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I consider myself a fairly advanced writer. I've studied POV in writing courses and on my own, and it's a topic most writers tend to struggle with... and most tend to fall into the "safe" first person and third person, because they are easy, and easily understood.
What Ms. Rasley has done is put together an exhaustive reference of OTHER choices, complete with examples and reasons why a writer might choose them to tell a particular story. To me, that is what makes this book worth every penny of the purchase price: demystifying the choice of WHO should tell a particular story.
If I had to whittle my large collection of writing books down to just a handful, this is absolutely one I would keep!
Excellent Book July 5, 2008
Because I was looking for a book on point of view to recommend to a student of mine, I discovered Alicia Rasley had written one. I immediately ordered a copy and wasn't disappointed. This book covers everything any writer needs to know about point of view and covers it in language you can understand, no matter your skill level. A very good buy and HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
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