#dramatic scenes

Astronaut in Heroic Poses, Dramatic Scenes

Astronaut with heroic poses, dramatic scenes

This can be up to interpretation for anything, however I test wrote a pivotal moment that warranted such a reaction ~ Nonetheless, this is one of the first times drawing Moxxie. Forgive for the feels. It's how I roll~

I love to capture deep emotions in my sketches. No one is safe from me.

Last week, we talked about transition scenes. We talked about how the resolution of one event takes us to a linking point that takes us further into the story. We talked about how, without transition scenes to link them, moments in time appear random, as if they don’t go together. They push the plot forward. Action, transition, action, transition—this is pacing. But how do we recognize when a…

When I am reading, I become invested in the characters and their problems. The authors I like best use the environment to highlight the characters’ moods and darken or lighten the atmosphere. Their worldbuilding conveys a perception of drama with minimal exposition. In a novel or story, each scene occurs within the framework of the environment. I think of the written narrative as a camera and…

The Inferential Layer Revisited: Drama #amwriting

Today I am flying a kite on a beach somewhere south of here. In honor of that, we are revisiting my post on DRAMA, something I try to avoid in real life! This post originally appeared here on August 26, 2019.

Whether you are writing a screenplay, a short story, or a novel, you are writing something that you hope will resonate with the reader and move them. A lesson that screenwriters learn…

The Inferential Layer: Drama #amwriting (reprise)

Today’s post is a reprise of one first posted August 26, 2019. Circumstances beyond my control meant I didn’t have a post ready for today–sorry! The reason I chose this post to reprise is that it deals with drama, and how we instill it into our work. I feel it dovetails nicely with the discussions we’ve had recently regarding poetry. We want to instill emotion and impact into our work so the…