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My comic novel has a scene in which the hero is battling a monster. And at a moment of tension, where he's losing badly, there's a scene break in which the narrator goes into a brief digression. Af...
#3: Attribution notice added
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System
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2019-12-08T05:39:12Z (over 4 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
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Shawn V. Wilson
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2019-12-08T05:39:12Z (over 4 years ago)
My comic novel has a scene in which the hero is battling a monster. And at a moment of tension, where he's losing badly, there's a scene break in which the narrator goes into a brief digression. After the break, we return to the battle, where more stuff happens and the hero wins. My readers don't like the digression. They say it "takes them out of the story". I must be doing it wrong, because I'm sure I've seen books do this well. **How can a digression in the middle of a tense battle be done well?** I'd like to have a brief break in the written action scene that comes off more like a cliffhanger and less of an interruption.
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2016-10-06T00:10:58Z (over 7 years ago)
Original score: 4