Narration vs. Scene

Reblogged from Shanna Germain:

When I was a beginning writer, I could write the hell out of my character’s internal landscape, their mental state, if you will. I had a way with words, too. So most of my early stories were beautiful bits of internal monologue.

And that was exactly the type of feedback I’dreceivein my critique groups. “This is beautiful and I love the characters, but I have no idea where they are or what they’re doing.

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