TSS130: Restructure Word Order for Maximum Impact – Part 2

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This week’s show is part two of a Hack the Craft series on the importance of word order to your to maximizing the impact of your stories.

The material covers roughly 1200 words and is taken from within chapter 5 of a contemporary romance.

In this scene, the main character experiences a panic attack during a grappling session while at judo practice. The author’s biggest concerns were avoiding cliches and making sure the character’s actions and reactions didn’t create confusion.

In this series our primary focus is on:

• How to spot out-of-order character movements.
• How to reorder elements within a sentence or paragraph for clarity and emotional impact.
• How to avoid feeling words.
• How to avoid vagueness.
• The issue with “ing” words and the “Don’t Start a Sentence with a Gerund” rule.
• Why and how it’s okay to break that rule.
• How to utilize thought -> action -> speech within multiple paragraphs.
• How paragraph breaks and white space can become one of your most powerful writing tools.

We recorded this as one as video as well. If you want to watch as Taylor works through the material, you’ll find the video on Taylor’s Patreon Page after she has it posted.

You can also download a copy of the document Taylor worked from this week.

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