Episode 228 - Avoiding dullness in our story.
About this episode
The episode discusses how to avoid dullness in storytelling by enhancing settings and addresses the issue of dangling modifiers.
Every element in our story should contribute to entertaining the reader including our settings. We can replace our dull settings with fascinating locations, and here's how to do it. Also: what's wrong with this sentence? Running along the street, the purse bounced against her leg. It's a funny dangling modifier. Funny if it doesn't appear in our story. Here are thoughts on dangling modifiers, and how to avoid them. Plus, the rule of exceptions. &...
More episodes of Essential Guide to Writing a Novel
- Episode 233 - Peeling the onion.
- Episode 232 - More on making our dialogue engaging for readers.
- Episode 231 - Techniques to make our dialogue grab readers.
- Episode 230 - Creating a dastardly villain.
- Episode 229 - Juice up the setting.
- Episode 227 - Becoming a close observer.
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