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Intimacy is not just physical. To crave a persons presence and energy rather than just their body is the purest form of intimacy.

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Hi, I love your blog! What would be the best way to write a multiple POV story?

Hi and thank you! :)

How to write multiple points of view

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Benefits of multiple POVs

you can explore different characters and the situations they are in plus their thoughts and feelings

you can have multiple main characters while still writing in first person POV

you can use it to expose an unreliable narrator

you can have completely different storylines happening at the same time

Choosing POVs

Why do you need multiple POVs? You should always consider if it is really neccessary to write from the perspective of multiple characters.

Whose going to tell the story? If you decide on multiple POVs, you still need to decide who exactly is going to tell the story and which part are they telling. Think about how you want to tell the story and assign the POVs accordingly. Try to stay under 6 POVs to not confuse the reader too much.

How much is from their perspectives? Are there two perspectives and they tell the story 50/50? Or are there more and it's one or two whose POV the reader sees the most and others just have smaller scenes? If you have more than two POVs, you should consider one main POV and give them the most scenes to give the reader something more stable to go along with.

How to write it

It is definitely not the easiest way to tell a story. You need to:

decide on first person vs. third person POV for your scenes (I would stick to one of those options for every POV)

decide who's the most important character in each scene with multiple of the other POV characters, to assign the POV for that specific scene

give each character a unique perspective and voice

make sure that it's clearly stated that the POV is changing and whose perspective the reader is reading now

use the different POVs to build up the characters, don't waste a scene on something completely irrelevant if you don't have enough time with their perspective

Some more advice

Don't tell the exact same scene from different perspectives, if it's not an important stilistic choice. You can do it with short scenes to show how different they see what happens or to show that they remember things differently or to help put the real story together. But I would only do it once for that reason and a small portion of the story. Otherwise it can become boring for the reader to basically re-read everything.

Don't write in some character's POV that is really not neccessary for the story. Changing POVs can be exhausting for a reader who tries to get into each character, so don't overdo it.

Same thing with switching too much. Don't switch every couple pages. Let the reader become familiar with each character and their part of the story, otherwise they can lose track on who's who and what do they do.

Hope this helps and have fun writing!

- Jana

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"you attract what you fear"

AHHHHHH A RICH BENEFACTOR WHO WILL FUND ALL MY WEIRD CREATIVE ENDEAVOURS NOOOOOO STAY AWAYYYY

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How to show emotions

Part V

How to show grief

a vacant look

slack facial expressions

shaky hands

trembling lips

swallowing

struggling to breathe

tears rolling down their cheeks

How to show fondness

smiling with their mouth and their eyes

softening their features

cannot keep their eyes off of the object of their fondness

sometimes pouting the lips a bit

reaching out, wanting to touch them

How to show envy

narrowing their eyes

rolling their eyes

raising their eyebrows

grinding their teeth

tightening jaw

chin poking out

pouting their lips

forced smiling

crossing arms

shifting their gaze

clenching their fists

tensing their muscles

then becoming restless/fidgeting

swallowing hard

stiffening

holding their breath

blinking rapidly

exhaling sharply

How to show regret

scrubbing a hand over the face

sighing heavily

downturned mouth

slightly bending over

shoulders hanging low

hands falling to the sides

a pained expression

heavy eyes

staring down at their feet

Part I + Part II + Part III + Part IV

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writing tips/inspo/help

Character Movements #1

Punctuating Dialogue

50 WORDS TO USE INSTEAD OF “SAID”

traits turned sour

DESCRIBING THE PHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES OF CHARACTERS:

Vary your language with synonyms to use instead of "said"

WEBSITES FOR WRITERS

Descriptions in Between Dialogue

switch up your verbs (part one) ~

words to use when writing

writing resources - smut

Writing Resources: References

Writing Resources: Advice and Motivation

Writing Resources: Basics

Writing Resources: Characters

Writing References: Narratives

words to use when writing

writing perfect betrayal

toxic traits

words to use instead of...

fight scene

how to create a supermarket setting

kissing vocab

smut writing

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A prediction

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This was mainly made as a reminder to myself but I thought it would be nice to share to. :] 👍

It is valid to not follow canon is your ships and it also equally as valid to follow canon in your ships. Just have fun with it no matter which way you go!

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"he was talking about the forbidden fruit"

HE IS THE FORBIDDEN FRUIT

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this man awakens something in me 😩🙏

((i need to be restrained))

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The previous Hydro Sovereigns looking at Neuvillette's ass sitting in an office, signing documents for 8 hours straight bc a pretty girl, whom he believed to be the god holding his stolen authority, asked him to work a 9 to 5 for her

Some of his fellow dragons died in a war that brought the world to the brink of collapse and this mf is just doing taxes

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back on my BS

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“Oh my god, he’s so scary,” I say as I kick my feet up in the air and giggle like an idiot.

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happy birthday mr chief justice !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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✏️ Sit down, put the words on the page.

✏️ Sit down, put the words on the page.

✏️ They don't have to be good words.

✏️ They don't have to be many words.

✏️ They don't have to be inspired words.

✏️ They don't have to be motivated words.

✏️ Sit down, put the words on the page.

✏️ Writing that exists is better than writing that doesn't exist.

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Writing Resources: Smut

Writing Resources Masterlist

Fictional Kisses

How to write a kiss

How to write a kiss scene

How to Write Better Smut

How to write romance

List of vocal sounds for smut

More smut words

Quick tips for writing sexual tension

Sexual sentences

Words and phrases to include in sex scenes

Writing sexual tension