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![]() This week: Seeing Double! Edited by: Leger~ ![]() ![]() More Newsletters By This Editor ![]() ![]() ![]() 1. About this Newsletter 2. A Word from our Sponsor 3. Letter from the Editor 4. Editor's Picks 5. A Word from Writing.Com 6. Ask & Answer 7. Removal instructions ![]() ![]() The purpose of this newsletter is to help the Writing.com author hone their craft and improve their skills. Along with that I would like to inform, advocate, and create new, fresh ideas for the author. Write to me if you have an idea you would like presented. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Seeing Double! I was watching television a while back and I noticed something that created a bit of an epiphany. The program started with the shot coming from the interior of a refrigerator, you know, the frig door slamming in our face and then an exterior kitchen shot of the rest of the conversation. At that point in the show, I wasn't engaged and gave thought to how the camera shot was done...did they actually cut out the back of a frig? Or just set a small camera inside? Anyway, the epiphany came at the end of the show when the characters were back in the kitchen at night and the last shot ended up being just like the first scene. This time the last phrase of the conversation was spoken into the frig and then shut the door - fade to black. There are a lot of parallels in life, you have to admit. Things that compliment each other, yin and yang, masculine and feminine, and bacon and eggs. (Okay, maybe not the last one, but I'm hungry.) And then there's the classic opposites of good and evil or dark and light. Sometimes we can get stuck while writing. Perhaps, a good segue is needed from one scene to another, or a meaningful ending to a well written story is desired. Not every cowboy can ride off into the sunset. So think about your first scene, or something significant built during your rising action scenes and dialog...then find an opposite or complimentary scene to use while wrapping up your story. Write on! This month's question: Do you use duality/parallels in your writing? Answer below ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
Excerpt: A story of a group of players. Is this their first time playing, or are they veterans, or is there a mix of skill-levels? Does one or more of them have Special Needs, where accommodations need to be made for them in order to play (like are they blind, deaf, mute - there actually is a blind player in my group)? Is there a That Guy in the group, who makes things difficult? Are the players, and by extension, the characters they play as, forming friendships with the others?
Excerpt: New unearthed scrolls revealed how far Julius went to make a name for himself. So incredible, in fact, that it would last up until our day and right on into the future.
Excerpt: It’s foggy over these letters. A small hand, hidden under a sleeve a tad too long, wipes the condensation off the screen. What a wondrous sight you see! Sunlight hits tiny droplets on the glass creating small universes of color in each. Focusing beyond them, you can see the beauty of spring. A vast, startlingly blue sky seems to be sprinkling little gems out of nowhere. The green of the leaves is so vibrant as if radiating. A double rainbow spreads far above them, seemingly plunging into the nearby park.
Excerpt: One caught my eye. A man, who wasn’t my father had his arm around my mom. The weird thing was they were at a wedding. I went over to the nursing home to see my dad to ask about it. After we exchanged pleasantries, I got right down to business. “Dad, who’s the man in the picture?” “Leave it alone.”
Excerpt: In a patronizing voice he yelled at her retreating back, “what comes around, goes around.” He stood up and strode down the street for about fifty feet and disappeared--just vanished into the air.
Excerpt: A buzzard was eating a piece of his ear. Like a marionette, the buzzard’s head bobbled up and down trying to swallow the ear meat.
Excerpt: Find the letter by the singer, and be careful of the white lightning. Aunt Terri’s last words rang in their ears with each clap of thunder as the twins fumbled the heavy door open and entered the old parlor, damp and musty from weeks of sealed disuse. Aunt Terri had lived there, alone, for over sixty years, after old Uncle Max had passed on of either an accident or a disease. She aged with grace in company of family memorabilia and the occasional long-term visit from a relative in need of a place to stay.
Excerpt: As I was about to open my car door, a reflected ray of light caught my eye. With the sun so high, heating up the day, I almost ignored it. But I looked down and saw that, next to my rear driver-side tire was a golden dollar. I retrieved it and smirked as Sacagawea looked back at me over her shoulder, a sleeping baby on her back. Submit an item for consideration in this newsletter! https://Writing.Com/main/newsletters/action/nli_form ![]() ![]() Have an opinion on what you've read here today? Then send the Editor feedback! Find an item that you think would be perfect for showcasing here? Submit it for consideration in the newsletter! https://Writing.Com/main/newsletters/action/nli_form Don't forget to support our sponsor! ![]() ![]() This month's question: Do you use duality/parallels in your writing? Answer below ![]() ![]() Last month's "Action/Adventure Newsletter (January 13, 2021)" ![]() FlyingDuckManGenesis ![]() Danger Mouse ![]() Paul ![]() KĂĄre Enga, P.O. 22, Blogville ![]() As for organization... can we talk? ![]() But I'm not as organized as I should be. I could use a secretary. Advice? Number! Date! Synopsis (place, people, all-5-senses)! Unique title! Key words or categories (WDC folders and cross-referencing)! TJ likes Cadbury eggs & Peeps ![]() TheBusmanPoet ![]() Lucinda Lynx ![]() Steven, Rejected By All ![]() elephantsealer ![]() keyisfake ![]() Anna Marie Carlson ![]() Quick-Quill ![]() Wonder Queen Sox ![]() Same Ol' Sum1 ![]() Thanks to everyone for taking the time to submit feedback to the newsletter and newsfeed. Your comments are appreciated! ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() To stop receiving this newsletter, click here for your newsletter subscription list. Simply uncheck the box next to any newsletter(s) you wish to cancel and then click to "Submit Changes". You can edit your subscriptions at any time. |
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