One of the quickest ways to kill a reader's engagement with your story is to drop a chunk of description or backstory in the middle of the narrative. This stops the current action, tension, and momentum of the story dead. We call this form of telling an Info (information) Dump..
Authors often do this when they want to describe the appearance of characters or setting, explain how something works, show off a bit of the research they've done, teach the reader something, or fill the reader in on something that happened between scenes or in a character's past. So, how can we convey this kind of information without ruining the story?
In this week's writer coaching session, we'll explore the pitfalls to avoid and techniques to use to avoid this description-damaging temptation.
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Description-Writing Don'ts, Part 1 (Floating Body Parts): [ Ссылка ]
Filter Words: How...and Why...to Cut Them from Your Story: [ Ссылка ]
How and Why to Eliminate -ly Adverbs from Your Story: [ Ссылка ]
The Secret to Writing a Story Readers Can't Put Down: [ Ссылка ]
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📖 CHAPTERS:
0:01 Introduction
0:57 A Gift for You
1:42 Types of Info Dumps
4:20 Info Dump Pitfalls to Avoid
5:10 How to Revise Info Dumps
8:42 Preachiness and How to Avoid It
11:04 This Week’s Power-Up
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