tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14706180.post2598034329097029578..comments2024-03-05T15:38:56.941-05:00Comments on wordswimmer: Beachtalk with Donald Maass: On Creating Micro-tensionBruce Blackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13184015349784934372noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14706180.post-51398683862143963212009-09-19T09:08:22.776-04:002009-09-19T09:08:22.776-04:00micro tension is based on scenes
No, micro-tensio...<i>micro tension is based on scenes</i><br /><br />No, micro-tension is totally unrelated to scenes or any other larger elements. It's the tension inherent in the text itself. It's the rubbing of personalities, or the struggle with minor issues.Motormindhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16869413690047682858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14706180.post-49003518575913878422009-04-21T17:21:00.000-04:002009-04-21T17:21:00.000-04:00You do a good job of taking Maass's comments on mi...You do a good job of taking Maass's comments on micro-tension and showing how they can be structured into the story.<br /><br />Remember how Jon Franklin ("Writing for Story") outlined his Major Complication, and all his related, interlinked Semi-Major Complications, wherein all the latter are confronted and resolved as we work through our story, 'climbing the ladder,' right up to the Major gaelwriterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12614646963351308194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14706180.post-55027188716336265692009-04-19T18:51:00.000-04:002009-04-19T18:51:00.000-04:00This sounds great! It's on my list.This sounds great! It's on my list.Barbara O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11772206568826059623noreply@blogger.com