Pleasures of the Text
"The best writing, both prose and poetry,
as Shakespeare pre-eminently shows, makes use,
with condensation and selection,
of playful, impassioned, imaginative talk."
-Sidney Cox-
THOUGHTS ON ELEMENTS OF COMPELLING FICTION:
(by Susie Tromble)
* A problem(s) to be solved
* Solution(s) to the problem(s)
* Believable characters
* The author shows as opposed to telling
* The setting, action, details and dialogue -- all elements of the story work together to powerfully convey
the central theme
* Transition from event to event -- place to place -- time period to time period -- mood to mood -- are smooth
transitions that don't lose the reader
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