We hear from a writer today who recently got some feedback that her “narrative structure” needed some work. She’s dealing with multiple POVs and timelines, so where should she go from here? The question opens up a slew of issues about choices in POV and handling time as well as structure. We’ve got authors Mark Cecil and Jane Roper to help her figure it all out.
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Mark Cecil is the author of the novel Bunyan and Henry; Or, The Beautiful Destiny, the host of The Thoughtful Bro podcast, and he has taught writing at Grub Street in Boston.
Jane Roper is the author of two novels, The Society of Shame and Eden Lake, a memoir, Double Time: How I Survived–and Mostly Thrived–Through the First Three Years of Mothering Twins, numerous personal essays and humor pieces, and a very eclectic Substack, Jane’s Calamity.
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Structuring Multiple POVS & Timelines (or maybe not?) with Mark Cecil and Jane Roper