tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post2170257258205305805..comments2024-01-12T00:48:48.031-06:00Comments on Go Teen Writers: Writing Exercise #20: Scene TransitionsStephanie Morrillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13128389560727867719noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-1481740780219799942017-11-21T14:50:17.903-06:002017-11-21T14:50:17.903-06:00One of my favorite chapter transitions is from the...One of my favorite chapter transitions is from the Squire's Tale series by Gerald Morris, more specifically The Lioness and her Knight. At the end of one chapter, the main character discovers that she's made a big mistake that could cause serious problems. The next chapter begins with another character saying "I never dreamed a fine lady like you would even know such words, let alone say them! And all strung together like that, too!" It helps lighten the tone of the reveal, while showing they're now in a more private place where he can tease her and where they can plan what they're going to do about this mess, and also hints at what may have gone on in the middle.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18413668921724425159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-56582240536590461612017-11-19T18:11:53.309-06:002017-11-19T18:11:53.309-06:00This was part of the movie, not the book, but it w...This was part of the movie, not the book, but it was a narrated part of the movie, so I think it's still relevant. <br /><br />"..and for centuries, the Ring passed out of all knowlage, until quite by accident, it found a new master."<br /><br />I think that this categorizes as a time shift.<br /><br />~MilaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-6371480924521070292017-11-19T18:09:48.836-06:002017-11-19T18:09:48.836-06:00I just read that part!
~MilaI just read that part!<br />~MilaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-34394699761936606512017-11-19T11:59:00.886-06:002017-11-19T11:59:00.886-06:00The scene break I chose is from J.R.R. Tolkien'...The scene break I chose is from J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Fellowship of the Ring":<br /><br />But the Black Riders rode like a gale to the North-gate. Let the little people blow! Sauron would deal with them later. Meanwhile they had another errand: they knew now that the house was empty and the Ring was gone. They rode down the guards at the gate and vanished from the Shire.<br /><br /> In the early night Frodo woke from deep sleep, suddenly, as if some sound or presence had disturbed him. ... Frodo soon went to sleep again; but his dreams were again troubled with the noise of wind and of galloping hoofs.<br /><br /><br />I think this could be categorized as a "tone shift" scene transition. The author is literally going between two seemingly unrelated scenes which take place in two different places, and the point is not to outline a new setting or to usher the reader into a different time. However, with this scene transition--with the very fact that these two scenes come one after another with nothing in between--he connects them to enhance the overall ominous tone of the passages. The scenes are in fact connected, and the message in the transition is clear: the main characters are being hunted.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06433886456986052001noreply@blogger.com