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Q&A How to stop viewing your story as a film

When thinking about scenes and story ideas, I can't help but picture something playing out as a movie. It's so much easier to picture someone moving and doing things than to actually describe what ...

2 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by M. McGarry‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T05:59:01Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/26238
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision by user avatar M. McGarry‭ · 2019-12-08T05:59:01Z (almost 5 years ago)
When thinking about scenes and story ideas, I can't help but picture something playing out as a movie. It's so much easier to _picture_ someone moving and doing things than to actually _describe_ what they are doing and write about it. I understand that this would make it easier for me to grasp what is happening in the story but my reader will not see what I see.

How can I stop viewing my writing as a film or how can I put the scene I picture in my head into words that make sense on a page?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2017-01-24T04:19:19Z (almost 8 years ago)
Original score: 11