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Transitions
- December 31, 2022
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Transitions can be viewed as a particular aspect of cohesion and coherence (see blog here) where the narrative switches to a different time and place. The reader, hopefully, will have been immersed in the narrative journey and you won’t want to jolt them out of that pleasurable state by constructing unnecessary bumps in the -
Structure
- September 17, 2022
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“In order to maximize the effect of the idea that you are trying to communicate it is preferable to give the story some form of defined shape so that it will have the right type of unity and sense of completeness to make a coherent and organised impression on the human mind.” So says Alan -
Cohesion and coherence
- June 9, 2022
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Cohesion and coherence are what prevents something simply becoming a random jumble of words, or of words and images. They are the ways that the numerous elements of a text interconnect to make it intelligible and satisfying. The word ‘text’ itself (as in textiles) conveys the idea of a weaving together to create a whole.
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