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POV Slippage

Flags third-person limited scenes where non-POV characters' internal states are described.

What It Does

Determines the probable POV character (most-mentioned character in the scene), then flags sentences where a different character is the subject of an internal-state verb (thought, realized, feared).

Why It Matters

In third-person limited, readers can only access the POV character's mind. "Marcus feared the worst" is a violation if we're in Sarah's POV. Use observable behavior: "Marcus's hands trembled."

Technical Details

Source: prose-craft
Scope: Scene-level
Method: Character frequency heuristic for POV detection + internal-verb attribution