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Point of View: Why Narrative Perspective Can Make or Break Your Story
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Finding the right point of view is one of the most important-and least understood-challenges writers face.
Point of view extends far beyond the choice of first, second, o
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Leslie Watts
LESLIE WATTS is a Story Grid Certified Editor, writer, and podcaster based in Austin, Texas. She's been writing for as long as she can remember-from her sixth-grade magazine about cats to writing practice while drafting opinions for an appellate court judge. As an editor, Leslie helps fiction and nonfiction clients write epic stories that matter. She believes writers become better storytellers through study and practice and that editors owe a duty of care to help writers with specific and supportive guidance. You can find her online at Writership.com.
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