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Write Now Online Writing Workshop: Point of View

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Point of view is how the story-teller views the story.

What do they see? How? Why?

Common Points of View:

  •     First Person (a character is telling the story, and you only know what they know). Uses I, me, my a lot.
  •     Second Person (written as though the reader is the main character: you jump out of bed, and suddenly realized that you aren’t in Kansas anymore). Uses you.
  •     Third Person (written from a character or narrator or some other observer’s point of view). Uses he, she, they, it.
  •    Omniscient and Limited Omniscient: the person telling the story is all-knowing. They know what everyone is thinking, and feeling, and what they have done or are going to do. Uses person’s names.

[quote]For example, if Tommy drops a glass, and it shatters, how do we know what Mother is thinking? In first person, second person, and third person, we can’t read her mind, but we can read her mood by her words, her actions, and her facial expressions! In omniscient POV, we can jump over to Mother, and read her thoughts, and her feelings, and her mood from her own point of view.
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Writing Exercise:

Just for fun, take a common nursery rhyme, and retell it from a different point of view in less than 300 or 400 words. Use the selected example of Humpty Dumpty, or pick another one you like– maybe Jack and Jill, or Alice in Wonderland, or Mary had a little lamb.

Example:  Humpty Dumpty is told from third person (they couldn’t put him back together again). Try writing it from another point of view.

  • First person: I was sitting on a wall, and the wind began to blow, and I began to totter, and. . .
  • Second person: You’re sitting on a wall, and suddenly you’re not. Suddenly you realize you have egg on your face. . .
  • Third person: Try writing this from the perspective of a bystander, or one of the king’s men. “Hey, does anyone have any superglue?” one of the men called out, as he knelt beside the wall. . .
  • Omniscient: There was a loud crack as the egg splatted on the ground. Meanwhile, in the castle, the king’s men were putting on their armor. . .

After you finish your point of view writing exercise, try writing from another point of view. Then go to your bookshelf and see if you have an old nursery rhyme book, and identify all the points of view in the rhymes. It’s good practice!

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Write Now Online Writing Workshop

Write Now is an online writing workshop experience which includes weekly writing help in the form of optional assignments, encouragement, writing tips, and critique to make your story even better. You will have access to writing exercises, Q&A, chats, videos, and more. The cost to participate in the Write Now online workshops is $9.95 per month. You can cancel at any time. To enroll in Write Now,  simply click the subscribe button.

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What If I’m Not Even Close to Finishing My Book?

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That’s where we can help!

Injoy, Inc. specializes in helping authors go to the next level with their writing.

Our writing contest isn’t just to pick a winner, but to help develop a writer.

If you have talent and ability as a writer, we want to recognize that talent and help you to develop it.

Do you have a great idea for a book? Do you envision interesting characters, a suspenseful plot, an underlying theme that tells a great message?

We can help you finish your book. We can help you publish your book.

We will select the writing samples that show promise and talent, and we will work with you over four to six weeks to develop a proposal that outlines your book, puts together a timeline for completion, and defines your characters, plot, setting, and story line. From the proposals, we’ll select the grand prize winner, and work with the winner to complete their book, and then let them watch as it goes through the process of having a cover designed, manuscript edited, text formatted, book published, and more. In the publishing world, it takes many months to go from manuscript to market. We want to begin the process and get you on the road to a successful journey as a writer.

So, you don’t have to be close to finishing your book to work with Injoy, Inc. Have you check out the Writing Contest? Part of the prize of the contest is having the Injoy Team help you, and encourage you, and offer tools to help you finish your book. That’s the fun of writing–the process, and we want to share that with you!

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How’s Your Writing Sample Coming Along?

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These writing contests are now closed, but be sure to like our Facebook page and sign up for our author newsletter to find out about other contests.

 

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Are you busy writing, tweaking, and revising your writing sample for the Injoy, Inc. writing contest?

You don’t have to write a whole book. You don’t have to be almost finished with your book.

We just want to see a sample of your writing so we can see your writing style, and how you put words together, and what kind of characters and dialog you use in your fiction writing. If you’re writing a nonfiction book, we just want to see how your express your ideas on your topic.

Your sample can be one chapter from anywhere in your book. Your sample can be one chapter from the front, and one from the middle OR back of the book.

Maybe you haven’t even started writing your book, and you just have a great idea. Well, go to one of your favorite spots where you can think. Take a notebook and a couple fresh pens, and begin writing. Just begin to create your characters and your world—or just jump into the middle of the story and write a really fun and interesting scene!

Writers love deadlines, and even if you think you don’t have time to enter this writing contest, YOU CAN STILL WRITE A WINNING ENTRY by February 28th!

A good writer can sit down and write for a couple hours, and then lay it aside, come back and review it, lay it aside, and go away and think about it, and then come back and revise and proofread and edit, and be ready to submit their writing sample for the writing contest right here.

If you are selected as a finalist, then we’ll help you put together your proposal (some sample chapters, your characters outlined, a listing of calendar dates of when you will submit your chapters and the final manuscript, and your ideas for the final book). From those proposals, we’ll select the grand prize winner, and help them finish and publish their book.

You could be our next author. Check out these book covers from some of our other student authors.

Have more questions? Read our Frequently Asked Questions, and if you still have a question, you can contact us here, or come over to our Facebook page, like it, and ask your question there.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Writing Contest FAQ’s

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[pullquote_left]Q. What if I’m not sure I can finish my book by the deadline? Can I still enter?[/pullquote_left]
A. Absolutely. Part of the prize is having the Injoy team help you finish your book. The finalists are selected from the quality of their writing sample and book idea. We’ll work with the finalists to submit a professional book proposal that has a few sample chapters, a time-line for when the book is expected to be completed, and other info that a publisher wants to see in a book proposal. The grand prize winner will then work with Injoy to publish their book based on the deadlines they have helped establish in their time-line—it’s the real publishing process you’ll be experiencing.

[pullquote_left]Q. Can I enter more than once?[/pullquote_left]

A. Yes. You may submit more than one entry in the writing contest. Students (eighteen and under on April 30, 2013) can even enter both the student and the adult contest with the same entry. The finalists are selected primarily on the quality of their writing sample, so just be sure to submit your best work for each entry.

[pullquote_left]Q. Can the finished manuscript be longer than 30,000 words?[/pullquote_left]

A. Yes. The length of the finished manuscript will be determined by writer and publisher in the proposal process. Some books are complete at 30,000 words. Some–are much longer! Finalists will work with the Injoy team to estimate an appropriate word length for their proposed manuscript.

[pullquote_left]Q. Can I submit a nonfiction writing sample in the contest?[/pullquote_left]

A. Yes. Finalists will be selected on the quality of their writing, and their book idea. Nonfiction books require a different proposal process than fiction books, but the Injoy team will help finalists prepare a nonfiction book proposal to enter for the grand prize.

Student Authors

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Injoy, Inc. promotes and encourages students in their creative writing projects. Be sure to check out the student writing contest, with an entry deadline of January 31, 2013.

[box_dark]Although the deadline for this writing contest is closed, you can enter the regular writing contest that is open to all ages right here; the deadline to enter that contest is February 28, 2013. We’ll have more student writing opportunities in the future, so be sure to like the Injoy, Inc. Facebook  page  (click here) to get firsthand information about contests and other writing opportunities.[/box_dark]

 

 

Writing Contest Update

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Okay, we think you’ll bear with us as we revise the writing contest deadlines.

Since writers are deadline driven, you’re probably waiting for the deadline to enter anyway. 😉 And since no entries have been submitted yet, we still have time to adjust and publish the new deadline dates (to give more time).

Rather than run the student and adult contest concurrently, we’re adjusting the deadline a bit! This will give us plenty of time to review the entries and select the finalists.

Student Contest: deadline to enter January 31, 2013, proposal due for finalists March 31, 2013.

Regular Writing Contest: deadline to enter February 28, 2013; proposal due for finalists April 30, 2013.

Oh, and we think you’ll really like this! You do not have to submit a final manuscript to be considered for the grand prize. Since Injoy, Inc. specializes in helping authors achieve their writing goals we’ll help finalists create a manageable timeline to complete their manuscript, as part of the prize! At Injoy, Inc. we know how to help you set realistic goals for completing your manuscript! If you have ability and talent, and a good idea, and you are the grand prize winner, then we will work with you to set up a timeline for your  manuscript submission, and we’ll help you along the way by encouraging you and assisting you with tools to help you in completing your manuscript.

To enter the contest, just submit a sample of your work here. Submit either 1-2 of your best chapters or 1500-3000 words of writing that you’ll include in your book, and if you are selected as a finalist, we’ll help you put together a more detailed proposal that will show us what your finished book will look like. If you are selected as the grand prize winner of a publishing package, we will encourage you to finish your manuscript and publish your book!

Writing A Book Proposal

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A book proposal contains several elements:

  • Summary of what your book is about, 1-2 paragraphs describing your book
  • Genre: what section of a book store would contain your book?
  • Audience: who do you see reading your book?
  • About the Author: 200-500 words about you
  • Platform: who will be purchasing your book, and why, and how will you let people know about your book?
  • Books with a similar audience or style
  • Expanded Table of Contents for non-fiction books
  • Introduction for non-fiction books
  • Sample chapters

Submitting a book proposal to a publisher is the first step to having your book accepted for publishing. The publisher reviews the information in the proposal, and if the book looks like a good fit, you may be invited to submit your full manuscript for consideration.

A good way to get your proposal reviewed by Injoy, Inc. is to participate in a writing contest; finalists’ proposals are reviewed as part of the contest. To receive up-to-date information about current contests, be sure to click here and like the Injoy, Inc. Facebook page.


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Injoy, Inc. Writing Contest Rules

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The deadline to enter the Student Writing Contest is past, but you can still enter the regular Writing Contest through February 28, 2013.

Injoy, Inc. Student Writing Contest

To qualify as a student, students must be eighteen or younger on April 30, 2013. Any person turning nineteen before April 30, 2013 can enter the writing contest for adults; students can enter either the writing contest for students or adults.

Submissions for the Student Writing Contest are accepted through January 31,2013, 11:59 p.m. Central Standard Time.

Easy entry rules:

  1. Submit your story concept and 1-2 of your best chapters (1500-3000 words suggested) before January 31, 2013. Entry should be uploaded as a MS Word Doc format file, typed in Times New Roman, 12 point font, single spaced.  Student must affirm that the submission is original material.
  2. If you are selected as a finalist, we will work with you to help you submit a proposal by March 31, 2013.
  3. One grand prize winner will be selected from the proposals to win the grand prize.

Prize package includes a no-cost publishing package which includes cover design, formatting, editing, marketing, and webpage, free copies of your prize winning book, plus an opportunity to publish your book with Injoy, Inc.

Learn more about our Student Author Publishing Package.

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Injoy, Inc. Writing Contest **Current Contest**

If you turn nineteen before April 30, 2013, you can enter our regular Writing Contest.

Submissions are accepted through February 28, 2013, 11:59 p.m. Central Standard Time.

Easy entry rules:

  1. Submit your story concept and 1-2 of your best chapters (1500-3000 words suggested) before February 28, 2013. Entry should be uploaded as a MS Word Doc format file, typed in Times New Roman, 12 point font, single spaced.  Writer must affirm that the submission is original material.
  2. If you are selected as a finalist, we will work with you to prepare a proposal to submit by April 30, 2013.
  3. One grand prize winner will be selected from the proposals to win the grand prize.

Prize package includes a no-cost publishing package which includes cover design, formatting, editing, marketing, and webpage, free copies of your prize winning book, plus an opportunity to publish your book with Injoy, Inc.

What next? Go here and like our BRAND NEW Facebook page so you will get important announcements about the contest.

Don’t have a FB? Then sign up for the free newsletter, and we’ll send you details soon in the next FREE newsletter which features important information about the contest, finalists, and more.

To enter the contest, fill out this form and submit 1-2 chapters (1500-3000 words).