Occasionally, a draft has a powerful ending that feels slightly disconnected.
The issue is rarely the ending itself. It’s that the groundwork wasn’t fully laid earlier.
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Tension, suspense, or narrative arc in a story is the stuff that keeps the reader going. But how do you introduce suspense in a scientific article? That is what my latest post is all about.
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Plot Twists Brewing
Can’t wait to see how this turns out. Surprises keep it alive.
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A faded picture of a garden fire. Flaming Torches and Pitchforks At first it was the odd pet that went missing The odd kid crying here and there About the rabbit that somehow escaped Or the family cat that suddenly took off So, no big deal, and it was like no-one Noticed how many A4 posters of beloved Bingos and Rovers and Pussumses Were sellotaped to lampposts and telegraph poles Up and down our street But then it was the kids that went missing And it was the parents that were weeping As they buttonholed everyone in the neighbourhood With photographs of their beloved boys and girls Who had vanished as if they had never been But there were mutterings and whispers And tales of disappeared lodgers and That awful business with the salesman Mown down running from Grandma At the end of the old horror films The villagers chase after the monster With flaming torches and pitchforks But with Grandma it was blues and twos Sirens blaring at the front and in the back yard They weren’t prepared for her mesmeric eyes Her razor sharp teeth and scimitar claws She went through a dozen bobbies before The sniper took her down
A Poem a Day, Day 56: Flaming Torches & Pitchforks.
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"underscore" should also be slang for something dirty/shameful. #thematicallyrelatedtolasttweet #narrativearc #highbrow
