Can you imagine how excited I was the first time a publisher
wanted a full read of one of my manuscripts? I was ecstatic until I got the
editor’s critique. The manuscript’s biggest issue? Point of view breaks,
commonly called head hopping. I was given the opportunity to correct this
deficiency, so I plodded through the story and revised it, thinking I had
conquered the head hopping habit. Unfortunately, I still didn’t “get” it. I am
happy to say the story was resubmitted to the same publisher and accepted for
publication…five years later.
I’ve learned a lot in five years, and I think I finally
mastered the concept of point of view. Sure I slip occasionally, but for the
most part I keep the scene in one character’s head at a time.
