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Another splendid technique-focused video, Kieren. Always appreciate these. Will look forward to see how I can make the intangible tangible in my writing with these tips. Cheers
As always, just exquisite examples that really illustrated what you meant. Your piece too, absolutely beautiful! Easily my favourite video of yours so far! And the editing, yes man!
Awesome, thank you 🙂 These are definitely my favourite types of videos to make. We're in the middle of moving house at the moment, but once we're settled in a month or so, I'm looking forward to making plenty more like this, so it's good to know they're useful!
Great video as always. I actually have a suggestion for a video as it's something i'm struggling on currently. I've heard from you before talking about sudden moments like the character is doing something but then all of a sudden, something unexpected happens. What you said before was that you shouldn't use "all of a sudden" or "suddenly" as that reverses the affect of what unexpected thing is going to happen. However, I haven't really seen anyone tackle how you're supposed to write these types of moments. For example, in my first scene, my main character is having a conversation with his imaginary friends but out of nowhere, a huge gust of wind flies through the playground and makes everyone go off balance, including the main character. I've been trying to write this sudden moment but I keep thinking of putting the word suddenly or all of a sudden. I guess it's just habit as i've been writing like that for years in english class in school
That’s a really good suggestion, thank you. As soon as I’m set back up I’ll find some examples and approach that topic ☺️ As far as ‘suddenly’ goes, I do stand by what I said in that video, however like all things, that’s just what I’ve found works for my stories. You may well find it’s different for you and both of us can be right! I also think stuff like that might be a ‘second draft’ kind of problem too. The sort of thing where you write whatever comes naturally the first time around (‘suddenly’ and all) then when you come to revise the story, if it doesn’t feel right it can be changed. Thanks for watching as always! ☺️
@@KierenWestwoodWriting You're very welcome. And I look forward to when you make this suggestion a reality when you're set back up. Obviously there's no rush :)
In my opinion there’s nothing wrong with “suddenly” as long as it’s not repeated often (use sparingly!). It’s the simplest way to describe a quick, unexpected change. In one word at the start of the action sequence you can change the pacing, alert the reader to something important about to take place, and indicate that the following actions are happening quickly. (Other techniques include writing in shorter sentences, solid action verbs, and smaller paragraphs.) I would argue that in some instances, it would be weird NOT to use it. “Jim stood up and ran across the playground to high five Ben. The ground started shaking, throwing them both to their knees.” IMO without “suddenly” to start the second sentence, it seems flat and kinda confusing, because the writer hasn’t indicated a change in tone or urgency. 🤷♀️
These quotes feel very cinematic - especially the character's doubts littering the road. I like it when description like this is used in a purposeful way as it adds so much to the story 👏🏼
I haven’t tried that myself to be honest so I’m not sure I’ll be much help, but my suggestion/first thought would be lean heavily on symbols that represent the meaning of the story. I’d say usu if third person omniscient narration might also help to give the story more distance and to make it feel more universal.
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For my WIP, I’ve kept on having emotional moments that are pretty much just made of the characters thoughts. That just wouldn’t work, but I think this will, your examples just feel so efficient and yet MAGICAL.
