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I am having a miserable time with POV. My story is from one person's point of view. I keep slipping into other POV. When I interviewed people, and wrote articles for mags and newspapers, I never had this problem. I don't see the shift when I write or when I proof read it. My critique group catches them. I'm a better writer than this. I have sections where I'm not sure if it is a shift.

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Welcome to the site, but I'm afraid this isn't really a question. Please read our FAQ for more information. If you can edit this into an actual question that can be answered, we'll consider re-opening it. I hope to see more of you on the site! – Neil Fein♦ Mar 1 '12 at 18:53
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If I understand correctly, you're saying "I do not spot POV shifts while writing or proofreading." The difficulty here is that that's a statement, not a question... Beyond "proofread harder," it's tough to see what kind of response to expect from this question. You can edit this into a question, though. One major improvement would be bringing an example of your writing before proofreading. We'd get a better sense of the problem you're describing, and we could help find the flags in your writing that should be drawing your attention. – Standback♦ Mar 1 '12 at 19:32
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Beyond that, simply giving us a more concrete difficulty than "I tried and didn't work" would give us more to work with. What is keeping you from noticing the error? Can you identify such problems in other people's work? Can you write a single line from several different POVs, or do you have trouble with the basic definition? etc., etc. – Standback♦ Mar 1 '12 at 19:36
I would actually love to see this fixed so it could be reopened, because I've edited writers with this problem before and it would be useful to have a resource for them. – Lauren Ipsum Mar 2 '12 at 11:05

closed as not a real question by Neil Fein♦ Mar 1 '12 at 18:52

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