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Exercise: Transitions (Version
2)
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Exercise: Transitions (Version 2)
Prepared by: Florence Cardinal
Posted on: Sun, 15 Apr 2001
Reposted on: Sun, 27 Jan 2002
Reposted on: Sun, 20 Apr 2003
Reposted on: Sat, 24 Jan 2004
Reposted on: Sun, 22 Jan 2006
Reposted, revised, on Sun, 29 Apr 2007
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Exercise: In 300 words or less, move a character from point
A to
point B or from one time frame to another smoothly and quickly, without
losing your reader in the transition, or bogging your reader down with
excess prose.
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Transitions, moving someone from one place to another, or from one
time
frame to another, is difficult for many writers. If you move your
character
too quickly, your audience may feel disoriented and it may take them a
few
moments to realize what has happened.
On the other hand, you can't show every step your character takes,
or every
second that passes as he moves from spring to winter.
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Exercise: In 300 words or less, move a character from point
A to
point B or from one time frame to another smoothly and quickly, without
losing your reader in the transition, or bogging your reader down with
excess prose.
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Critiquing suggestions: Does the writer achieve a smooth
transition from one time frame to the next? If so, explain why you
thought the writer achieved the goal
of the exercise.
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Rhéal Nadeau and
the administrators of the Internet Writing Workshop.
Modified by Gayle Surrette.
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