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,…
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3 Ways to Not Lose Your Readers on Your First Page
Readers will often stop reading before they finish the first page of your story. While this has always been true,…
Scene Structure: Should Writers Begin Scenes in Omniscient POV?
For this week’s Throwback Thursday, we’re looking at excerpts from past posts on Live Write Thrive that tie in with…
Scene Structure: Cinematic Scene Openings for Novelists
For this week’s Throwback Thursday, we’re looking at excerpts from past posts on Live Write Thrive that tie in with…
Scene Structure: Establishing Your Setting
For this week’s Throwback Thursday, we’re looking at excerpts from past posts on Live Write Thrive that tie in with…
Wrapping Up a Look at Establishing Shots
I want to touch on a few insights regarding Establishing Shots and how they come into play in writing twenty-first-century…
Just Enough Sensory Detail to Set the Stage
We’ve been looking at Establishing Shots used in scripts, and we’ve seen how they don’t need to be lengthy. You…
Establishing Shots That Reveal Character
Last week I began discussing Establishing Shots used in movies and how they help make clear in just a few…
An Introduction to Stationary Camera Shots
We’re now going to start going deep into cinematic technique by looking at numerous camera shots over the next few…
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