editing
Exposition as ammunition – how to transform flat dialogue
Have you discovered exposition as ammunition? It’s one of the most powerful exposition techniques in creative writing, and is often used in dialogue. Here’s the lowdown and how to use it. Exposition as ammunition examples I first came across exposition as ammunition during drama rehearsals. A director used the phrase to describe a line of…
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Writing technique – are you puppeting your fiction characters?
Puppeting is a common issue in fiction writing. It means the characters seem a bit lifeless and mechanical, without a vivid sense of action and flow. Usually, it just means the author hasn’t yet worked out how to weave action, description and dialogue effectively together. Here’s an overview of the puppeting problem, and how to…
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