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Aspiring Writers Info: Three things any scene in a book may do...
Pat Wrede always has something interesting to say about writing. A recent post was on this topic:
"The advice was this: There are three main things that any scene in a book or short story can do. 1) It can advance the plot. 2) It can explain the background or backstory. 3) It can deepen the characterization. If a scene does none of these things, it isn’t actually a scene and doesn’t belong in the book (or perhaps doesn’t belong in this book). "
Pat's comments on writing are always insightful. She can put what we do in fiction into nonfiction, and does a great job of explaining it to others.
Check it out --
http://pcwrede.com/blog/the-big-three/
"The advice was this: There are three main things that any scene in a book or short story can do. 1) It can advance the plot. 2) It can explain the background or backstory. 3) It can deepen the characterization. If a scene does none of these things, it isn’t actually a scene and doesn’t belong in the book (or perhaps doesn’t belong in this book). "
Pat's comments on writing are always insightful. She can put what we do in fiction into nonfiction, and does a great job of explaining it to others.
Check it out --
http://pcwrede.com/blog/the-big-three/
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Plot Advancement - Information/items
Atmosphere - General creepiness
Cool Effect - "Oooh, that's neat!"
Scare/Startle - "AIEEE!"
Ride - Crazy cart, crawl tunnel, etc.
Each station is tagged as concentrating on either plot advancement or atmosphere, and we try to maintain a good mix of the two. Too much plot advancement means we end up with a bunch of talking head stations, and too much atmosphere and the guests get bored.
And we sprinkle in the other modifiers throughout the event to spice things up.
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