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Description Part 4

By Lynette Easonon September 4, 2024
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We’re still discussing description and how to use it effectively in your story. Today, let’s address how doing description right is crucial to the pacing of your story. Balancing description with action is key to maintaining the appropriate pace.

Let’s write a little more of Oliver’s scene and see what happens to the pacing.

Here’s the last little bit of the scene we’re writing:

Someone had broken into his lab and turned it into a chaotic mess of broken equipment, torn notes, and shattered laptop as if they were searching for something specific and wanted to leave as much devastation as possible in their wake. He reached for his phone and dialed 911 when a sound from behind the bathroom door snagged his focus.

He paused. Run or …

Oliver walked over to the surgical tool drawer, never taking his eyes from the bathroom door. All was quiet now, and he almost wondered if he’d imagined it.

The 911 operator was speaking, but he didn’t dare answer. Not yet. He snagged the surgical blade he used to make the standard Y incision and prayed he didn’t need to wield it in self-defense.

But he would. And could.

The door flew open. A masked man built like a linebacker charged out, shot past Oliver, and aimed himself at the exit.

“Hey!” Oliver considered a tackle, but Gia’s sweet face flashed in his mind’s eye; and he hesitated. That was long enough for the intruder to bolt out into the hallway. Oliver followed, keeping the guy in sight until he slammed out of the emergency exit that would take him to the morgue parking lot. Oliver stayed behind him, reporting everything to the dispatcher.

The guy turned, knife flashing in his gloved hand; and Oliver jumped back, holding out his own knife. “Stay back or I’ll kill you,” the guy said, his voice cold and flat. Then he spun and raced across the parking lot and into the street.

 Oliver ignored the warning and picked up the pace, fueled by fury and the desire to make this guy pay for trashing his precious lab. Then the man hopped on a motorcycle, cranked it, and roared away. “He’s on a motorcycle heading east on McKinney Lane. Parallel to the hospital.”

“Relaying that information to the officers en route.”

Sirens sounded behind him, and a police cruiser zipped past him in pursuit of the knife wielding intruder. Oliver jogged back to the parking lot as the police cruisers pulled to a stop.

A woman exited the nearest SUV and walked toward him, badge displayed on her belt. She had her dark hair pulled into a ponytail and shades covered her eyes. When she reached him, she held out a hand. “Detective Sophia Porter,” she said.

“Dr. Oliver Tyson.” He shook her hand.

“Are you all right?” she asked, brows pulled tight. “Do you need medical care?”

“I’m fine. He never touched me, just ran past me.”

She pulled out a notebook. “Can you tell me what happened?”

Okay, let’s analyze.

What did you think about the pacing of that scene?

How did I integrate the description with the action? This means combining descriptions with actions to keep the story moving.

Did I avoid lengthy paragraphs and use concise, vivid descriptions?

Did I spread out descriptions in some places, rather than clustering them? This means integrating details about characters, settings, and actions throughout the narrative, rather than dumping all descriptive information in one spot. This approach helps maintain the flow of the story, keeps the readers engaged, and avoids overwhelming them with too much information at once. It allows descriptions to feel more natural and dynamic, fitting seamlessly into the story as it unfolds.

Take a look at your work in progress, and decide if your description paces your story appropriately.

 

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Description Part #3

By Lynette Easonon August 15, 2024
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I’m back to talk a little more about description and how it can advance the plot.  First, descriptions can foreshadow events or provide important information. What do I mean by foreshadowing events? First it helps to understand what foreshadowing means. If you think back to your freshman high school English 101 class, you’ll remember that foreshadowing involves giving subtle hints or clues about …

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Writing Description Part 2

By Lynette Easonon July 31, 2024
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In my last blog post, I talked a lot about description. I talked about the purpose description serves. In the previous post, I set the scene for the story I’ve been using. Now let’s talk about: Does my description help develop the character? In the story with Oliver and Sophia, I wrote the opening scene. Let’s see if there’s anything I can improve on in this to develop the characters a little …

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Writing Description Part 1

By Lynette Easonon July 11, 2024
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Hello, my friends, and welcome back. In my last blog post, I asked what topics you’d like me to discuss. One person asked about description. How do you know when you have enough? How do you know how much to keep and what to edit out? So, first, let’s talk about: What is the purpose of description? Description should serve a specific purpose. It’s up to you as the author to determine that purpose. …

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Subplots Part Three

By Lynette Easonon June 26, 2024
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And we’re back. First, I was at the Write to Publish Conference this past week. If you’re a writer and have never been, you need to put this on your conference bucket list. It was my first time to attend, and I truly hope not my last. Okay, now, on to subplots. I don’t know if you noticed this, but it’s clear that subplots are equal to relationships. The easy way to remember to incorporate …

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Writing Conference Benefits

By Lynette Easonon June 6, 2024
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Hello all, I’m taking a little break from the subplots posts to write a special blog about writers conferences. I know there has been other information by other agents on this topic, but I wanted to put my thoughts down and share them with you. If you’re a writer seeking publication, I won’t say conferences are a must; but they sure do help on the journey to seeing your book in print. That …

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Subplots Part Two

By Lynette Easonon May 22, 2024
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Let’s start with Act I in our Oliver and Sophia story. Based on what we’ve already created in previous posts, here’s the beginning of my synopsis. Oliver Tyson, a forensic artist and single father to his nine-year-old daughter, Gia, is assigned to reconstruct the face of a young woman whose skeleton was found in an abandoned house. The Jane Doe, estimated to be around 21 years old at the time of …

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Weaving Subplots Through Your Story

By Lynette Easonon May 2, 2024
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Before I jump into talking about the subplots in the Oliver/Sophia story, I want to talk about subplots in general. Weaving subplots into your story is a delicate process. You want them to enhance the story and not overwhelm it. So, think balance. Here’s how I look at subplots for my stories. First, I identify the main plot. I have a clear picture of the central conflict or theme of my story. This …

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Story Structure Part #10

By Lynette Easonon April 17, 2024
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This is it, folks. The last post in this series. If you’ve hung around this long, thank you! I really hope you’ve found it interesting and helpful. Last time we talked about the falling action of the story, and now we’ve come to the end. The Resolution What is the resolution of the story? “The End,” right? Well, yes. But it’s not wrapping everything up; it’s wrapping everything up well, so the …

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Story Structure Part #9

By Lynette Easonon March 28, 2024
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We are so close to finishing our Story Structure series. Last time, we talked about the climax of the story. This time, we’re going to talk about the Falling Action. This comes after the climax. What is the Falling Action all about? ThoughtCo says, “The falling action in a work of literature is the sequence of events that follow the climax and end in the resolution. The falling action is the …

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