How to write a chase scene

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a man praying with the words show your character's thoughts about their setting and dialog

Like a living creature, a story is more than the sum of its parts. Just having setting, character, and dialogue in a scene isn’t enough to make your story linger with your readers. You need to weave these components together to ensure they work together so your scene feels reader to your reader and to make your story come to life.

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Suppose your character loses. What happens to them now? How do they cope? These are scenarios for writing when you're running low on creativity and don't know what more to do in your story. #story #storywriting #storytelling #novel #scenarios #writing #writers #writer #write #writingprompts #character #characteranalysis

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✨New Series✨ Story Structure Basics First up is the classic five-act story structure: 1. Exposition: introduce the characters, provide some backstory, and end with an inciting incident that disrupts their daily life. 2. Rising Action: Conflict begins to rise & character starts to pursue their goal. 3. Climax: The character(s) thinks they’ve achieved their goal, tension is at it’s highest, can be a major turning point in the plot. 4. Falling Action: The character(s) must face consequences and…

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Screenplay Secrets on Instagram: "“Show, don’t tell” in screenwriting emphasizes the importance of allowing actions and visuals to convey information rather than relying on exposition or characters directly stating facts or emotions. • For example, instead of having a character say “I’m angry,” you could show their anger through their body language and facial expressions. Or, instead of having a character explicitly say “I love you,” you could show their feelings through subtle gestures…

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