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Tuesday, May 7, 2019
Tuesday's Writer's Tip -- Effect Cliches #MFRWAuthor #BWLPublishing #Writing #Cliches
Just what if a cliched effect? The effect is the way a character reacts to something. Using a cliched phrase is so easy. He knew he was in danger. He felt as if he was jumping from the frying pan into the flame. Now this may describe how he feels but we've all heard that used a million times. They're making love and one of the characters feels like the rockets are going off on the Fourth of July. Another cliched phrase. Finding the way characters react to events or situations takes some effort to avoid those cliched bits.
Tuesday, March 12, 2019
Tuesday's Writer's Tip More on Trimming the MSS #MFRWAutor #BWLPUblishingLTD #Revision
Let's talk about repetitions that can also occur more than words, phrases of scenes. What about ideas? Not exactly that but some times one character or another will obsess over something and this is repeated in scene after scene. The reader may want to shout, "I've heard that before." And perhaps they have. If this is something major ways can be found to express the idea in a different way. If this is a minor matter that's repeated, a good idea would be to cut it out. Annoying the readers isn't what a writer wants to do.
If a scene or an idea is repeated one way to look at this is to decide. Does the repetition enhance characterization? Does it add to the plot? Does it add new information? The final question to ask yourself is the last one. Repetition can be used if the second appearance adds to the knowledge providing the characters and the reader with new material.
So when you revise, pay attention to repetitions in any form and find a way to make your story sing.
If a scene or an idea is repeated one way to look at this is to decide. Does the repetition enhance characterization? Does it add to the plot? Does it add new information? The final question to ask yourself is the last one. Repetition can be used if the second appearance adds to the knowledge providing the characters and the reader with new material.
So when you revise, pay attention to repetitions in any form and find a way to make your story sing.
MY PLACES
http://wwweclecticwriter.blogspot.com
BUY MARK
http://bookswelove.net/authors/walters-janet-lane-romance-fantasy-suspense-medical/
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