No filters!
Editing tip #7: Do you filter your fiction?
When writing in a character’s point-of-view, avoid “filtering” what the character observes. Make it direct so readers experience what the character experiences.
ORIGINAL: When Joe heard the rattling, shaking sound, he looked down and saw the snake coiled on the path in front of him. He knew it was ready to strike. Joe f…
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