2019年12月28日 · The relevance of the description is dependent on its function - What does it do? The function of the description varies according to POV. It becomes relevant when the character emotionally interacts with it. A rough guide to the effectiveness of description can be obtained by observing the use of the verb 'to be'.

I've read a battle-scene where the author described specific attacks, and the impression I had was that the fighting was happening in slow motion. With classical music in the background. Really slow music. The best battle-scene I remember reading included almost no descriptions of the actual battle, but of colors, emotions and cries.

For example, if you are writing a story about a psychopath, your description of the corpse may be more technical, to suggest the dehumanization of the psychopaths's approach. You will probably also come up with repellent things that the psychopath has done to the body (however, if you get too disgusting and disturbing, you run the risk that the ...

2017年5月12日 · I would like to find other description of the atmosphere of a scene rather than just using the word 'tense.' Instead of writing, "The atmosphere between Bill and Bob is tense." What other ways would

From what I understand, a scene card is a short description of a scene. I have thus far ignored them completely whilst reading The Weekend Novelist's Writes a Mystery, though the author seems to deem them important. Am I losing anything by not using them as an amateur writer, or are they a tool amongst many?

2016年3月5日 · If the crying is interrupting a dialogue, I would make the dialogue really short, have the cry interrupt things, and then switch to third person limited omniscient to get reactions. The scene with the crying needs to be short and use as little dialogue as possible. I did one particularly effective crying scene.

2019年7月28日 · The next big scene in that chapter begins with a slightly more longwinded description as there is more to convey. So: the narrator makes peace with the stranger, discovers that his horse is missing, sets out of the cave into the rain, which gives us a micro-scene where he traverses the rocks, finds some humanoid shapes moving behind a hidden ...

2022年10月17日 · That very much depends on the context of the scene, style of the writing, and so on. In some works, what works best may be a detailed description like DWKraus wrote. In others, what provides the best effect may be: A gunshot. Just this, as a whole paragraph, or even section. There are lots of different possibilities for lots of different stories.

2019年4月9日 · If you're hoping to magically get tension just because it's a "high stakes" poker game, you will fail - you really need to figure out where the scene fits into to the bigger story, how it impacts characters after the results of the game are known, what each player brings to the game, what the relationships between the players are and how they ...

2018年1月29日 · In terms of an action scene, I usually write using short sentences to create a quick pace. Also I avoid commas and use mainly full stops, as commas create pauses in the action which can be helpful at times when the reader might need a break.