Activity for MidwestIsTheBestâ€
| Type | On... | Excerpt | Status | Date |
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| Edit | Post #29243 | Initial revision | — | over 4 years ago |
| Edit | Post #29219 | Initial revision | — | over 4 years ago |
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Can I assume readers will root for my protagonist in a man vs. beast story? I am writing a short Sci-Fi story centered entirely on the man vs. beast narrative where the protagonist attempts to escape an unstoppable, bloodthirsty creature for roughly 15 pages. From the first word to the last, there is action galore with tight, bare-bones descriptions of movements and surround... (more) |
— | almost 6 years ago |
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A: Executing a tonal shift The difficulty with tonal shifts are their disruptive potential. A story may be chugging along nicely when out of nowhere a stereotypical romance turns into a survival horror. The key to pulling this off is foreshadowing. Only by keying the reader in on what could come can the reader get through a to... (more) |
— | almost 6 years ago |