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Writing Excuses 5.7: Avoiding Melodrama
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mbarker.livejournal.comWriting Excuses 5.7: Avoiding Melodrama
From http://www.writingexcuses.com/2010/10/17/writing-excuses-5-7-avoiding-melodrama/
Key points: Melodrama grows out of one-sidedness. Make your characters real people. Avoid cliche. Set up your emotional scenes. Make characters likable. Variation and contrasts add spice.
( lots of melodrama, and a dramatic reading! )
From http://www.writingexcuses.com/2010/10/17/writing-excuses-5-7-avoiding-melodrama/
Key points: Melodrama grows out of one-sidedness. Make your characters real people. Avoid cliche. Set up your emotional scenes. Make characters likable. Variation and contrasts add spice.
( lots of melodrama, and a dramatic reading! )
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