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Q&A I feel stuck in a [description/action] sentence structure

I'm writing the first draft of a story, I've found that increasingly, I'm writing sentences in a format (I don't know the technical name of this) similar to below - Coming to a stop at the foot...

1 answer  ·  posted 7y ago by user96551‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T06:14:15Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/27187
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar user96551‭ · 2019-12-08T06:14:15Z (almost 5 years ago)
I'm writing the first draft of a story, I've found that increasingly, I'm writing sentences in a format (I don't know the technical name of this) similar to below -

> Coming to a stop at the foot of the dias, he knelt.
> 
> Raising his right fist to his heart, he said.
> 
> Leading the crowd, he strode through.

While doing a cursory reading, the sentences felt strange and jarring to me but I'm not sure. Are sentences of these type OK or should I refrain from using sentences of that type ? Also, how to make them more...crisp, perhaps ?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2017-03-16T19:05:02Z (over 7 years ago)
Original score: 1