Last post we talked about plot. More specifically what it is and how it connects a series of events together. If you want a revisit for a quick refresh, that post can be found right here :)
Before jumping into our own writing/ learning, I love to go back to the book for some examples. Let’s take a quick look at some of the writing as an example of what we’ll be talking about. Here is the first paragraph from chapter 16.
“And now the peach had broken out of the garden and was over the edge of the hill, rolling and bouncing down the steep slope at a terrific pace. Faster and faster and faster it went, and the crowds of people who were climbing up the hill suddenly caught sight of this terrible monster plunging down upon them and they screamed and scattered to right and left as it went hurtling by. At the bottom of the hill it charged across the road, knocking over a telegraph pole and flattening two parked cars as it went by.”
What do you notice about this piece of writing? It moves pretty quickly doesn’t it? But how?
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