Mary Herceg asked Michelle Knudsen:

I absolutely loved your Trelian series! Calen and Meg were amazing main characters, and I really appreciated and admired the masterful way you developed their characters and wrote the alternating points of view. Do you have any tips on how to write unique character voices and points of view? Also, what would be your advice in general to aspiring authors? Thank you so much for a wonderful and enjoyable trilogy!

Michelle Knudsen Hi Mary. I'm so glad you enjoyed the Trelian books! Thanks for your questions, too. I'm not sure I can fully answer them in this space, but I think the best tip I have for writing alternating POV is to spend time getting to know each character as well as you can. Really try to envision how things would look through their eyes, how they'd feel and think about everything that happens to them. No two people are going to react or feel exactly the same way, and those differences help define who they are. My general advice to aspiring authors is to read as much and as widely as possible, and to keep writing - the only way to get better at writing is to do a lot of it.

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