Eastern PA Webinar: Embodied Point-of-View—Capturing your Main Character’s Perspective in Narration with Lisa Gouldy

Sep 03, 2026

Online event

Webinar Description: MG & YA DAY—LIVE! IN LANCASTER 2026 PARTICIPANTS ARE AUTOMATICALLY REGISTERED FOR THIS EVENT!! A picture may be worth a thousand words, but an author’s pen can capture something beyond the view of any camera lens: the experience of a moment from inside the body and mind of the person experiencing it. This webinar will explore the critical concepts of point of view and narrative voice, then dive deep into strategies for channeling your main character’s unique, embodied perspective. We’ll examine how to use first person and third-person intimate POVs to bring your character’s story to life in setting, action, and interiority, drawing examples from picture book, middle grade, and young adult mentor texts. You’ll come away from this workshop with concrete tools to help you render your main character’s perspective on the page and transport your readers far past the superficial, deep into your story’s heart. A limited number of PB (manuscript or dummy), MG, YA, & NIV CRITIQUES available at an additional cost.

Quick Facts

HOST REGION: Eastern Pennsylvania

CONTACT: Kristen Strocchia [email protected]

COST:

Premium Members: $15 USD
Preview Plan: $25 USD

CRITIQUES: available at an additional cost; scroll down for more information

RECORDING

The webinar will be recorded, and the recording will be available for one month following the event. Attendees will receive a link and a password by email about two days after the event.

REGISTRATION CONFIRMATIONS

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REFUND POLICY

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Meet the Faculty

About Lisa

Lisa Gouldy is a freelance editor and former literary agent who loves helping authors achieve their vision for their stories. Originally trained as an attorney, Lisa moved from the legal world into the literary one a decade ago in search of stories less constrained by reality. Lisa’s editorial eye combines her analytical writing skills from her time as a lawyer, her experience searching for meaning and heart through the craft of her own writing, and the instinct for marketability she developed as a literary agent with Corvisiero Literary Agency. Editing is Lisa’s happy place, and when her nose is not in a manuscript you can find her making mischief with her child in her other happy place: the gorgeous Pacific Northwest.

PB (manuscript or dummy), MG, YA or Novel in Verse Critiques Available: (at an additional cost)

ADDITIONAL COST:

Premium Members: $60 USD
Preview Plan: $65 USD

For all submissions, format your work in 12 point font, with one-inch margins, and double spacing. (US Letter paper size-Include all materials in the same document; please don’t send two documents.)

For Picture Book (PB): Please send entire manuscript or dummy and a 1- to 2-sentence pitch (in the same document). Translator submissions should include a brief note about the source work (also in the same document).
For Middle Grade and Young Adult (MG/YA): Please send up to 10 pages of your manuscript and a one-page, single-spaced synopsis (in the same document).
For Novels in Verse (NIV): Please send up to 2,500 words of your manuscript and a one-page, single-spaced synopsis (in the same document).

For Translated works: Please follow the above guidelines specific to the category of your project and include a brief note about the source work (in the same document).

How to format your submission:

⇒For all submissions, format your manuscript in 12-point font, with one-inch margins, and double spacing (US Letter paper size). Include your synopsis in the same document (please don’t send two documents).

⇒The following formatting exceptions may be used for Novels in Verse (NIV) submissions only:

You may format your NIV manuscript using either 1.15, 1.5, or double spacing. This spacing choice should be used standard throughout the manuscript sample.
You may only vary from your standard spacing choice when needed for the visual presentation of a particular poem.
You may only use a font size other than 12-point when needed for the visual presentation of a particular poem.

⇒Please SAVE YOUR FILE as Webinar Faculty Last Name_Your Last Name_TITLE OF MANUSCRIPT as a PDF or DOC or DOCx.

Example: Gouldy_Strocchia_THE POETRY OF PURPLE CARROTS

⇒Then send your file to Kristen at [email protected]. The subject should read: Webinar Faculty Last Name_Your Last Name_TITLE OF MANUSCRIPT (same as saved file name).

Submission deadline: Friday, September 4, 2026.

We anticipate critiques to be returned on or about Monday, October 5, 2026.