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Questions tagged [transitions]

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Transitional sections

As I mentioned in my other recent question, my novel in progress has three main locations. I feel those three settings are strong, fully imagined places, with interesting storylines. However, they aren't side by side, and this is a setting where…
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Should I use more transition words?

I just wrote a blog post, and then I went to publish it on our team blog. The Wordpress instance for the team has this "Yoast SEO" plugin. Among other things, it judges my writing style: I'm very happy to get feedback and suggestions on my writing,…
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Transitioning between scenes in a novel

One friend of mine told me that the scenes in my mystery novel-to-be go abruptly from, for example, a scene at the main character's home, and to the middle of his conversation with the detective. The friend also found it strange that the main…
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How can I smoothly transition from my main characters to my secondary characters?

I am seeking examples of clean ways to transition from my main characters to my secondary characters. When I review what I have written, it is clunky and unclear that the story is now focusing on the secondary characters, and this causes confusion.
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Transitions in a Story

I’m writing a historical fiction story set in the 1800s; the family has to move a lot when the protagonist is younger due to financial reasons, and the siblings often live out of state. In the second draft of the story, the protagonist is…
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Help! How do I transition from a character voice to a narrator?

How do you successfully transition from a first-person narrator, who is present only for the first few chapters of a book, to a different narrative voice that will continue for the rest of the book? I start off my novel with a boy setting the stage…
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How to format transitions between paragraphs?

How to format a transition between two paragraphs? At the end of the first pg Standalone At the beginning of the second pg What about indents and line breaks? Thanks! [First paragraph content.] Here are preliminary remarks. [Second paragraph…
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Transition sentence at the end of the last body paragraph leading into the concluding paragraph?

So I'm writing an essay and we have to use transition sentences between paragraphs. I understand how this would work between body paragraphs/points 1-2 and 2-3 since each is a distinct point but I'm wondering if it's possible to use a transition…
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In YA fiction, how many words should each chapter be? How consistent does chapter length need to be?

I'm writing a YA sci-fi/post apocalyptic type novel with two view point characters. The book is all written in third person and so far every time I switch between view point characters use a chapter break. For most of the book, the two view point…
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How to state multiple instances of evidence?

A would always lie about B. He told everybody he was weak. Furthermore he told all the adults how he enjoyed travelling, even though he did not. Furthermore he told people how much he enjoyed good food even though he never considered fancy food a…
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