Dear Purposeful Prose, I’m going through feedback I received from beta readers last week, and I’ve noticed that most of them have found errors in point of view. I will be fixing them, but I’m frustrated with myself, and I need some outside perspective. What are some ways that I can fix point of view errors in my writing and how do I avoid running into this problem again? Inconsistencies in point of view is a very common issue, and mitigating it requires a delicate hand, espec

Dear Purposeful Prose, I see a lot of different kinds of writing advice on the internet about getting editors, having writing groups, getting beta readers, and things like that. I recently saw a piece of advice that resonated with me a little bit, and I want to know if it’s true. The post talked about how so many writers who have become household names today never had the need for beta readers or editors, and we should ignore the naysayers who tell us that we can’t get publis

The following post is from Purposeful Prose’s own guest writer, Chartres Royal. We continue to enjoy every collaboration we’ve been a part of. This experiment was introduced to me as a continuation of our work on writing and technology. While this isn’t a conventional “writing and technology” piece, we’ve found that it’s important to spotlight undervalued writing tools and methods of writing we’ve relied on over time. Recently, I was having a conversation with my mother about