Reading Time: 5 minutesDon’t let submission fatigue force you to stop and consider whether writing stories is worth the effort. Instead, overcome that showstopping submission fatigue with these tips.

Reading Time: 6 minutesKnowing when your story is done is a writing superpower. Learn how to define and hit that critical “done” point so you can move onto the next piece of writing.

Reading Time: 7 minutesAlso called the fly-on-the-wall perspective or the cinematic perspective, the objective POV uses neutral narration that doesn’t reveal the thoughts or feelings of any character. Instead, the narration presents the story events through observation, leaving it up to the reader to infer emotion and intention.

Reading Time: 8 minutesThe omniscient person allows you to tell the reader exactly what they’re supposed to notice and how they’re supposed to think (though whether the reader should believe you is another topic entirely).

Reading Time: 7 minutesThe third person is limited to what the viewpoint character can know, feel, observe, perceive, wonder, hope, remember, or guess, which can add mystery to the larger context of the story or show the viewpoint character’s mistaken assumptions and biases as the story unfolds.

Reading Time: 7 minutesIn the second-person, your reader becomes a character and there must be something for them to do in the book. Dive deep into the second-person point of view and wrangle your reader’s experience.

Reading Time: 6 minutesThe first person is the only POV with a true narrator, but your reader will need to know who the narrator is early in the story, so they understand your protagonist.