Also by Hilari Bell:
- Coincidentally... The uses and abuses of coincidence
- Climbing up to Kaboom & 4 other tips on Story Structure
- Becoming a Hero: Story structure points 9 & 10
- Climbing Up to Kaboom: Story structure points 7 & 8
- Rise Up & Commit: Story structure points 5 & 6
- Foiled Plans: Story structure points 3 & 4
- Lights, Camera, Kickoff: Story structure points 1 & 2
- Scoring in the Elevator & 4 other tips on How to Get Published
- Hunting for an Agent: Shotgun or target pistol?
- Writing the Dread Synopsis: A synopsis system that works
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How Big a Hammer? & 4 other writing tips on Emotion and Theme
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Published: Aug. 27, 2011
Words: 3,141 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781465890917
Short description
This collection contains 5 tips on building emotion and meaning into your fiction--and why it matters.Extended description
Beating the Evil TV reveals the one advantage writers have over all other storytelling mediums--and why you must exploit it.Setup and Payoff explains how your buildup of a story situation creates its ultimate impact on the reader.
Playing for Higher Stakes discusses why simply raising the body count doesn't make the outcome matter more. (This only applies to fiction, by the way--not real life!)
How Big a Hammer deals with theme: why it matters, and whether to go in hard of soft when you're pounding home your message.
And in TV or not TV isn't the Question I talk about why writers shouldn't care what kids do with the time they don't spend reading.
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