tension | BRAD BEALS

Skip to navigation
Skip to main content
Skip to secondary content
Skip to footer

Tag Archives: tension

Two (more) Uses for the Indirect Quote
Leave a comment
March 13, 2018 by bradcharlesbeals

To speak or not to speak — that is the question. Last week I looked at the indirect quote as …
Continue reading

Category: fiction, fiction, narration, narrative voice, novel, quotation, quoting text, style and voice, tension, Uncategorized, writing | Tags: active voice, direct quotation, fiction, indirect quotation, narration, style, tension, voice, writing
Where to begin…The Crossing
Leave a comment
August 30, 2016 by bradcharlesbeals

The Crossing by Cormac McCarthy Years ago, I picked up a copy of The Crossing at the East Lansing Public …
Continue reading

Category: fiction, tension, writing | Tags: Cormac McCarthy, sentence variation, tension, The Crossing, transition
Where to begin…Fahrenheit 451
Leave a comment
August 20, 2016 by bradcharlesbeals

A little bit of tension, and we’re hooked at page one. From Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury: It was a …
Continue reading

Category: fiction, tension, writing | Tags: Fahrenheit 451, fiction, Montag, novel, Ray Bradbury, suspense, tension, writing

RSS - Posts