A lot of the energy to tell the story comes from the book itself. I go back and re-read through the chapters and it helps to put me right there.
Telling a story in first person POV is like being an actor, just putting on this one identity throughout. Third Person limited with multiple POVs is more like being a director, deciding where to put the camera angles.
Beware Stupid Plot Tricks. I’ve given up on Homeland. Carrie is built up in a fast sequence of scenes to be this bad-ass super spy with mad tradecraft, and then she fails to wait for her niece’s car to drive all the way away before letting the guy out of the trunk of the car. A total stupid and boring mistake that allows the niece to see in the rear view mirror and set up God knows what mischief. This is what’s known as a false note. I turned it off and deleted the rest of the hoarded season. Know to avoid this kind of manipulative and fakey way of creating totally unnecessary complications and suspense. You need to come by these things honestly in the company of smart characters. Don’t ever talk down to the reader or over-explain things. Hemingway Iceberg Theory. If you know what you’re talking about, you can leave a lot of things out and the reader will follow you. (Not being Hemingway, one can only hope.)
Eclectic Magpie 