Timeline for How to construct a beat to make an effective treatment for the purposes of revision & group revisions of a Novel?
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| Mar 20, 2018 at 21:49 | vote | accept | Kirk | ||
| Mar 20, 2018 at 14:44 | history | edited | Kirk | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Tried to work in the concept of abstractness. Not sure if I like this more or less.
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| Mar 20, 2018 at 14:38 | comment | added | Kirk | I'm bucketing things like that in a category I'm calling reader engagement in my own head: That "beat" would serve to increase sympathy, attachment and possibly raise the stakes by simply making it look like Alice's job is harder or she is poorly equipped and must achieve some internal development. -- Leaning towards abstraction seems like good advice and is a clearer way of saying some of what I thought I was alluding to. I'll see if I can work that concept in to make a better, more concise answer. | |
| Mar 20, 2018 at 14:16 | comment | added | Amadeus | +1. I'd add to tend toward "abstraction". The important thing for the beat is that we show Alice is distracted. Whether she spills the milk, forgets her phone or drives past her exit may not matter. Understanding the intent is distracted, your beat may be necessary but you can make the scene stronger: Aha, a better show than spilling milk is missing her exit, being late to work and her morning meeting. More conflicts. Even though this conflict in inconsequential and left behind, i.e. nothing comes of this stumble, reader will be more engaged if you trip Alice once in a while. | |
| Mar 20, 2018 at 12:57 | history | edited | Kirk | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 20, 2018 at 12:46 | history | edited | Kirk | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 20, 2018 at 3:55 | comment | added | Kirk | If I'm missing something critical, I'd like it pointed out. I may not accept this as the answer to the question. It will depend on what happens over the next few days. Either way this answer wouldn't have been possible without the other answers on this page and massive amounts of research. I want to make it available for others if it could at all help someone struggling with revisions as I have been. | |
| Mar 20, 2018 at 3:53 | history | answered | Kirk | CC BY-SA 3.0 |