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Special Effects (11-17) - Coggle Diagram
Special Effects (11-17)
Pay attention
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Can provide backstory, history, ethnicity, generation, character
During research, interview an expert who can reveal names
Parts of engine, types of plants
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Originality
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Never use a metaphor, simile, or anything else commonly seen in print
If this occurs, stop, play with language, and recreate
Under pressure play it straight, or ensure there are no other cliches nearby
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victims are innocent, bureaucrats lazy, it's lonely at the top
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Riff on language
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Flow of electricity like water, file or browse on computer
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Simple
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More often, writer must simplify prose
Familiarization
Take strange, opaque, complex and make comprehensible
At point of greatest complexity, use shorter words, sentences, paragraphs
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Word space
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Don't vary with "cajoled", "elaborated", or "chortled"
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Name of dog
Dig for concrete, specific
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Smell of burning candles, sound of creaking flow, feel of wax and oak
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Using a photo, consider which details to write about and in what order