SWRT 174 | Balance Tipping Points
September 10, 2020

In this week’s Story Works Round Table, Alida, Robert, and Kathryn talk about too much of a good thing. When do you tip the balance from just enough, to too much or too little?

 

 

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How do you know when you’ve tipped the balance into too much of a good thing? Can we achieve the perfect balance in our first draft? And is this solely a new writer problem? We talk about the role of description in your story, and how to strike that balance between description and dialogue, action and downtime.

What we talked about:

How do you know when you’ve tipped the balance with too much of a good thing? (1:09)

Can we get to balance in the first draft? (2:20)

Is this a “new writer” problem? (3:30)

What is it’s role in the story? (5:20)

Literal vs Essential Action. (8:30)

Have you tipped the balance the wrong way? (12:28)

What about action vs downtime? (15:57)

How you can map your story to find those balance points. (18:43)

 

 

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Things we mentioned:

Literal vs Essential Action 

Want more about these topics? Check out:

SWRT 043 Balancing Character & World Building

 

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