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 Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 6:18 pm
confused Hi! I am having a MAJOR issue! In my writing, i am spending too much time explaining and not enough action. If anyone can give me advice, it would be much appreciated. Thanks exclaim question exclaim
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Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 1:50 pm
What I usually do is just write whatever comes to mind and then work with what I have because if I try to change things around I never get anywhere as whatever comes to mind I first write then change it around later sometimes if i dont think about it too much then things just naturally happen.
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Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 4:11 pm
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Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 9:37 pm
The advice depends on your style...
You could:
Shift a lot of your explanation into dialogue and pepper that with action
Try to make it a mystery by purposefully cutting out certain information
Write characters' opinions about certain objects as they use them/think about them
As a general rule, I tend to not describe something until it comes into play. Information dumps are never fun, so I try to let a lot of info come out in dialogue or even in the action scenes. I hope that helps!
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Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 10:18 am
I agree with Alanora, the thing I usually do when writing anything is just put myself in the place of whoever is narrating so I can write better. Have you ever done that?
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Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 8:18 pm
Actually, the only way I can write a decent story is 1st person, and mainly fantasy.
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