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I was working on writing a scene last week and since it was pretty much off the cuff, I got to a part where the character could likely do two different things. I stopped typing and really gave it some thought, what did I want to happen? I couldn't decide! So I wrote both. Just like the interactive stories on Writing.com, I wrote the next chapter two different ways, to see where I could take this story line. Eventually I chose one and continued, but writing both chapters helped me decide which fit the story better.
When outlining or free writing, use your imagination to see how your character can get from Point A to Point B. Do they run through the forest, smashing through the undergrowth and leaping over logs...or do they swing from branch to branch, making daring leaps from tree to tree? Think about what fits into the world that your character is traveling in and what seems to be the 'most likely' way to get from one point to another.
Sometimes choosing the opposite or 'least likely' path can be more exciting, as long as the choice still seems workable for that world setting. Perhaps your character discovers an underground system of tunnels. A twist in the scene can create a new path for future action in the story. Either way, be descriptive enough for your reader to envision the path your choose. And Write on!
This month's question: Do you use twists in scene settings to add interest to your story?
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Youth is lost forever as WWII trainees break their maidens as "Men o' War" on D-Day
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Excerpt: Twenty-three days have passed since we stormed Omaha Beach; three weeks of rigorous combat before finally relieved. Our transports had squealed to a halt within a regimental command post set up in Ste-Laurent, a coastal village we helped liberate during opening days of the invasion. Woofie is first to spring from the truck, no doubt his 6’-6” body screaming for nourishment. I have to grin at the big lummox; his charge toward chow lines is second only to the one he made taking out a fortified pillbox. God pity any mess cook who tries denying him extra portions.
Excerpt: The dreams are always the same. I’m standing on a cliff, clutching a handful of rocks, afraid to look down or move. For all I know, the fall could be five feet, or five thousand feet, but I’m dreaming and I stand quivering, undecided and anxious.
Excerpt: Bang! Without warning the number three tire just exploded, on our trailer loaded with 44000 pounds of hand Sanitizer! It didn't get the one behind it. That sometimes happens. When it does you are stopped dead. We were lucky we still had three good tires on that side to allow us to limp a few miles. I dug out the book with all the truck stop information in it. The driver accessed his little console and announced that we were three miles south of Chadron Nebraska.
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