Writing Saturday: P is for POV

1:00 AM

Writers use a lot of abbreviations.  To a new writer, many blog posts can seem to be written in code.  I mean what how you are supposed to know that they are talking about when they write things like this:

So I was writing in my WIP and found that I slipped POV in the third chapter.  I have been doing the POV from the FMC but in chapter three I did it from the MMC.  I was really hoping to finish editing my MS this week, but it looks like that isn’t going to happen.

Confusing, isn’t it?  Well here is a handy guide to know what all those little abbreviations mean.

WIP – Work in Progress
MS – Manuscript
POV – Point of View
MC – Main Character
FMC – Female Main Character
MMC – Male Main Character

Did I miss any?  Let me know and I would be happy to decipher them for you.

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Sarah Holman lives in Austin, Texas, with her husband, Scott. When not working on her next novel, she can usually be found hanging out with her family, reading, or hiking at state parks with her husband. If there is anything adventuresome about her life, it’s because she serves a God with a destiny bigger than anything she could have imagined. To keep up to date on releases, join her newsletter at http://eepurl.com/bitBIf

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2 comments

  1. RachelJuly 7, 2012 at 9:31 AM

    Thank you, thank you, thank you! :D You know me Sarah, I can't keep this stuff straight when you all start speaking in your "writer code". ;) LOL! Now I will know what you are talking about. :) *giggles*

    Love you bunches!
    ~Rachel~

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  2. Kendra E. ArdnekSeptember 9, 2012 at 8:13 PM

    Another one that I, at least, use frequently (and I've seen some other bloggers use it) is LI for Love Interest.

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