POV isn’t just a grammar choice - it’s the engine that controls intimacy, suspense, and what your reader knows when.

In this craft-deep episode, we demystify point of view by breaking it into three practical dials (access, scope, and distance) then walk through the pros and cons of first person, third limited (close and deep), free indirect style, omniscient, objective, second person, epistolary, multiple-POV, and stream of consciousness.

To make it real, we take a baseline scene (Edward at Inkerman hearing Pendleton’s voice) and rewrite it in each POV, showing exactly what changes on the page and how those changes shape reader experience, for better and for worse.

You’ll learn how to pick the right lens for a scene, avoid head-hopping and tense drift, trim filter words for immediacy, and keep character voice aligned with era and education.

Ideal for both first-time novelists and seasoned writers tuning their instrument!

Stop polishing your first paragraph into oblivion. In this episode of Master Fiction Writing, we split your process into two clean modes: Author Brain for discovery and Editor Brain for decision—used at different times for different jobs. You’ll hear a live “before/after” paragraph where we draft messy, then run a tight verbs-and-cuts pass that sharpens pace and tension without killing momentum. We’ll also set up a simple 30-minute loop you can run twice to produce real pages today.

You’ll learn:

• The core jobs of Author Brain (invent) vs. Editor Brain (select)

• Why separating them in time stops stalls and unlocks flow

• The TK tactic and “Again:” restart to keep drafting forward

• How a verbs-and-cuts pass lifts energy, clarity, and pace fast

• The one-line scene change test to confirm forward motion

Stop waiting for motivation. Start acting from identity. In this mindset kickoff for Master Fiction Writing, we shift the sentence that runs your day from “I want to write a book” to “I’m a person who writes.” You’ll hear a simple, athlete-style routine (warm-up, reps, cooldown), examples, and a 10-minute drill that makes writing easier to start than to avoid.

You’ll learn:

• Why identity beats motivation for consistent pages

• The 3 design levers: place, time, trigger

• A tiny training loop: warm-up → reps → cooldown

• How to separate Author Brain (draft) from Editor Brain (revise)

• The Minimum Viable Session: 10 minutes or 100 words—streaks over heroics

• The Creative ID Card: I write [genre] on [days] at [time/place] for [minutes] because [why]

By the end, you’ll have a posted Creative ID Card, two sessions on your calendar, and tomorrow’s first 'ugly' line already typed!