Word counts and yet another link!
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mag7wrimoI am starting early today (or for those of you in other time zones, timely!)
Today's link is one on misdirection and foreshadowing, two things closely related, and topics that I've not seen (nor has the author), that I can recall, good articles about how to to do (if you know of one, please let me know!). This article has some good advice:
"For there to be any tension in a story while it unfolds and any readerly satisfaction at the end that the tale’s resolution is the “right one,” there have to be other possible resolutions to counter-poise against that “one right resolution.” Other situations, choices, solutions and paths must be presented as possibilities." It seems so obvious when put this way, but it was still a "d'uh" moment for me, particularly when coupled with this:
"You need to lay in several breadcrumb trails leading in several directions so that it isn’t a foregone conclusion that the destination is the evil witch’s delicious abode. Those other breadcrumb trails are your misdirection." Or, as the author makes more clear later, other plausible paths.
The essay goes on to give some good ideas about how to misdirect by hiding things in plain sight, by ambiguous foreshadowing, and by using 'honest trickery', things that make sense in the story.
So paragraphs? Word counts? It's a nasty rainy day here and I have hopes of taking full advantage of it.
Today's link is one on misdirection and foreshadowing, two things closely related, and topics that I've not seen (nor has the author), that I can recall, good articles about how to to do (if you know of one, please let me know!). This article has some good advice:
"For there to be any tension in a story while it unfolds and any readerly satisfaction at the end that the tale’s resolution is the “right one,” there have to be other possible resolutions to counter-poise against that “one right resolution.” Other situations, choices, solutions and paths must be presented as possibilities." It seems so obvious when put this way, but it was still a "d'uh" moment for me, particularly when coupled with this:
"You need to lay in several breadcrumb trails leading in several directions so that it isn’t a foregone conclusion that the destination is the evil witch’s delicious abode. Those other breadcrumb trails are your misdirection." Or, as the author makes more clear later, other plausible paths.
The essay goes on to give some good ideas about how to misdirect by hiding things in plain sight, by ambiguous foreshadowing, and by using 'honest trickery', things that make sense in the story.
So paragraphs? Word counts? It's a nasty rainy day here and I have hopes of taking full advantage of it.
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Date: 2013-02-26 10:04 pm (UTC)Day three wordcount: 1865. That's some gloomy picfor1000 words inspired by your rainy day, Fara, and a whole heap of Texas :)
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Date: 2013-02-27 03:09 am (UTC)And yes, yes you did. 1865 (which, in American history, is a darned fine year, the end of the Civil War, the year slavery was abolished!!) I am oohhh so happy I could help with the inspiration! *g*
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Date: 2013-02-27 02:03 am (UTC)One a little over 300 words for Avengers and one around 700 words for Bourne Legacy. I'm going to go work on my Compass Rose story for a bit right now, so hopefully I'll add some more to that before calling it a night.
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