Building Your Scenes with Beats
If you’re writing fiction, and particularly novels or novellas, you need to master scene structure. There is a whole lot…
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Cinematic Technique for Fiction Writers
Writing fiction these days is all about using cinematic style. What that means is rather than explain and summarize the…
The Best Way to “Show, Don’t Tell” –Scene Segmenting
One of the key maxims in fiction writing is “Show, don’t tell.” But just telling a writer to “show” is…
Adding Cinematic Sizzle to Your Fiction
Many of us were raised watching thousands of movies and television shows. The style, technique, and methods used in film…
Why Cinematic Technique in Fiction Is Important
Cinematic technique is rarely, if ever, discussed or taught at writing workshops or by writing instructors, and that’s a problem….
Putting Cinematic Technique into Your Pages via Movie Analysis
Learning to write cinenatically is essential for fiction writers. By now you should know all about “show, don’t tell.” But…
How to Effectively Bring Sound into Your Fiction
Today’s post is a reprint from some years back, but it’s one that deserves revisiting! Sound may not be something…
3 Powerful Cinematic Techniques for Novelists
Readers will often stop reading before they finish the first page of your story. While this has always been true,…
The Fun Way to Learn How to “Show, Don’t Tell”
Many of you joined me a couple of years ago on this blog as we strolled through the movie lots…
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