SWA | Beginner's Writing Decoded

SWA | Beginner's Writing Decoded

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How often have you felt sleepy while reading a book and how many times you eat your head trying to figure out where exactly your story has gone wrong? We all have hit a bump like this in our lives, havn't we? "She went to the bus-stop, hopped on to the bus, sat at the window seat. Then she reached school and went for her classes. After her classes during the recess, she chatted with her two best friends". Aren't you wondering why this excerpt is a plain bore? Thinking of which what is exactly wrong with it! Answer is, basically everything! Because it becomes a snooze fest when you give hourly updates to your readers. Instead of telling that your protagonist is very tensed about his exam results, why not show it. "He bit his nails and felt a growing ache within his belly, 'God please let me pass', he prayed". The magic of this is, it helps your audience feel the emotions of the protagonist. Curious to know how to overcome those aforementioned obstacles and tell a convincing tale? Worry not, help is right in your hands, well within your phone, in the Wattpad app or on your computer screen. This is a self-support book into debunking the many codes of sound story-telling that will enable you to not only master the art but also excel at it. So why the wait??
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"I'm not okay!" I yelled at him. "Okay?! I'm not okay." My chest rose up and down as I breathed heavily. It had been years since I had a break down, and I wasn't going to have one right now. "It's okay not to be okay," he whispered, walking closer to me. He caressed my cheek, trying to sooth me. I stared at him, pain filled my eyes. I was trying hard not to cry. I couldn't cry. That's not what I did. "It's okay to cry," he comforted. His eyes stared so hard into mine I felt like he was seeing into my soul. "Crying shows weakness, and I'm not weak," I told him, swallowing hard. "Sometimes crying is the strongest thing you can do. It just shows everyone else that you're just as human as they are." And right then and there I started sobbing. I had lost all control of my emotions, I cried like I hadn't since I was little. All those times I didn't cry when I wanted to poured out now. The walls I spent so long building to make them unbreakable, broke. Alana finds a thick orange envelope in her mailbox one day. No return address, no stamp or postage mark and it's not even addressed to her. Someone had just dropped the letter off in her mailbox. The only thing written on this envelope is "You might need this... or not." Alana takes it inside and begins to read the life story of a complete stranger. The life story of someone trying to find their place in this big scary world. © Somethingtrue 2013. All rights reserved.

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