[CRWR 200] - Final Exam Guide - Ultimate 26 pages long Study Guide!
29 Nov 2016
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Opening lines: have to catch reader"s attention. Strong opening lines offer up an element of tension and arouse your curiosity. Consider what elements you want to introduce in your opening. The first flash of fiction arrives without words. Consists of a fixed image like a slide or a free frame. An attitude towards love, money, ambition, religion. Chosen traits are powerful indicators of character because choice signals desire. Consider given qualities and chosen qualities when creating characters. Function of dialogue in fiction: a way for characters to talk to each other. Dialogue is not a literal representation of everyday conversation. You want dialogue that seems like how people talk. Dialogue should not be used to impart information to the reader. To reveal character and how characters relate to each other. Move the story forward, and show dramatic conflict. Both speakers are responding to each other. Where the heck were you last night? i was out.
