#writing elements

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7 Essential Elements Every Writer Must Master

What makes a great book, one that readers can’t put down and publishers want to buy? This post will teach you how to craft stories readers love.

7 Essential Elements Every Writer Must Master

What makes a great book? Discover 7 essential elements every writer must master, from plot and characters to pacing and endings. Learn how t

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FIVE ELEMENTS OF A GOOD WRITING

Follow these tips and bring out your inner writer!

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On Foreshadowing

  Read with a grain of salt and accept one's right to an opinion without vehemence. As a writer myself, let me tell you one thing that's for sure which will always stands out; the insistence that arbitrary connections between unrelated moments in a series are somehow foreshadowing, is just incorrect. Foreshadowing is the writing element that certain moments are hinted at early on to reward backtracking as well as to invite theory indulgence; not two things that share the same color scheme (and a color scheme that is practically definitive of the mediums artstyle for that matter, and used in many other prominent scenes where it was never suggested as being relevant.)

A shared color scheme may well be an example of symbolism, or even overlapping theme, but it's not foreshadowing. That's not to say foreshadowing can't be a color scheme, but it's simply far too broad to consider it related to two specific moments, and it's made even muddier when it's a scheme used with intense frequency throughout the product; that's because it's difficult to get attached to the foreshadowing early on and thus make it meaningful, as well as difficult to even confirm the actual truth of it's foreshadowing if there is any at all. It's a random association at the best of times.

Foreshadowing is generally something explicit (but not always obvious), that invites that curiosity of the audience, an unexplained phenomena or misplaced prop for example, something that isn't addressed until later on which alludes the final result, setting up the payoff. If the shared color scheme using two colors that are highly prominent throughout the series is an example of foreshadowing in this case...it's not a very good one.

Such a rant as this one should not, by any means, be considered a criticism of the product, especially one that already does foreshadowing so well as the one in question has (which is what leads me to believe that what would have been such a poor usage of foreshadowing was never the creators intention in the first place; I give them far more credit than that.) Rather it's a criticism of the audiences over-analysis and penchant for picking things apart where it's not necessary. It doesn't help the series' case to be so appraising, because more often than not, it comes off as patronizing instead; and if the theory is correct, puts the creators in a very difficult position of not knowing what they're doing; something I've already stated I don't believe and will fight to the death to uphold as having enough evidence on my own to say that the creators are already far better writers than the misplaced praise would have them established as; especially to consider those last few scenes (the very scene in question even is a stellar moment and by far one of the most satisfying to date.)

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ideas on characters emotions in story and its significance.

I’m not sure if a writer can begin a story and know the character(s) completely. The writer can certainly have the concept of who he/she(character) will be, though, I think as a story progresses, the characters progress as well. The palpability of a character lies within emotion. If the writer can transcend the characters emotions onto the reader, then I think that’s what makes the character more plausible. I personally be of the opinion that a universal character is a character that can react anyway, and is not confined to any certain situation or event. A character that can be: serious, outgoing, happy, mad, strong, weak, or fundamentally anything, has a noteworthy ability. Once that character has possessed that personality or emotion, and can make the reader feel the same way, I feel is success on the writers part. It’s incredible, when a character has struggled and overcome the difficulty or problem, and makes the reader feel strong as well. That’s a very significant element of story. It’s subliminal that the writer is not telling the reader to feel a certain emotion, but has conveyed his idea through emotion by means of characters in the story and made the reader feel that way regardless.