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Dowst's chapter on narration: what it says about emphasis, suspense and transition
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A source note for writers and story developers on one chapter of a 1918 fiction-craft book. It restates the author's claims on telling humdrum and strange stories, emphasis and suppression, suspense and transition. The claims are the author's, were not tested, and the chapter skips how to narrate vividly.
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Dowst's chapter on narration: what it says about emphasis, suspense and transition
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A source note for writers and story developers on one chapter of a 1918 fiction-craft book. It restates the author's claims on telling humdrum and strange stories, emphasis and suppression, suspense and transition. The claims are the author's, were not tested, and the chapter skips how to narrate vividly.
Useful starting points
- The chapter says suspense comes from the whole story's worth, not from a single device, so judge structure before adding tricks.
- It advises narrating minor events and transitions in general terms and giving detail only to the main events.
- It is a century-old book, so treat its advice as one author's view and check it against current practice.
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