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Exercise #943: Craft
Posted 5/6/22
Let's try a transition scene. These are used to bypass "boring" sections of a storyline - from something as simple as sleeping overnight to years of growing up are sped past in the blink of a reader's eye. Doing them smoothly takes a bit of skill and practice.
For today's exercise, write the two transitions between these three paraphrased sections of a story.
(Don't like this one? Write up your own! Remember to give us the paraphrase parts, too.)
Scene 1: We meet the two main characters, Robert and Dahlia, and spend some time getting to know them. At the end of this scene, Robert and Dahlia must make a hard choice.
Scene 2: It's been a month, and their choice has been revealed. It didn't go quite the way they'd planned. At the end of this scene, Robert and Dahlia must travel.
Scene 3: They have reached their destination but find something unexpected waiting for them.
Critiquers, along with the usual grammar, spelling, etc, review, consider these questions:
* Could you relate to this piece? Why or why not?
* Was this piece helpful to you as a writer? Why or why not?
Word limit: 250 per transition, not including any of the paraphrased parts you include; 1500 more for you to use if you actually write up the story
Please use the subject line
SUB: Exercise #943/yourname
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