Good news! The second critique of my novel was just as positive as the first one! My classmates reviewed the next section of my book – five pages that introduce the antagonist and describe a battle scene. Overall the comments complimented the scene setting and character descriptions as well as expressed enjoyment of the pacing […]
Monthly Archives: February 2011
February 12
Saturday, February 12, 2011
From Setting and Tension we are on to Dialogue and the Three Act Structure of building suspense over the period of the novel. Dialogue is, of course, that which the characters use to communicate amongst themselves. “The progressive era was neither progressive, nor an era, discuss.” Dialogue should add to the story by building tension, […]
February 5
Saturday, February 5, 2011
We are moving from Setting into Tension. In wrapping up with setting we discussed the cultural side of it. This brought me to the realization that all of my characters are white, of more or less Anglo Saxon descent, and all heterosexual. It opened my eyes to the fact that while my setting may be […]