Over and over, I encounter this phrase (or something very similar): A character says or thinks — ‘I don’t know what to do’ or ‘She didn’t know what to think.’ Let’s explore some pro tips on how to eliminate this type of author summary because it doesn’t serve the story if your goal is deep point of view.

Confession: the fiction novel I published in 2018 with the goal of writing entirely in deep POV — isn’t. I had three different paid edits by professional editors to help with the deep pov, bu...