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Given that media has become fast-paced, readers now want books that show the action and don__ just tell you what is happening. Modern readers don__ want three pages of descriptions of a farmhouse. They want to hear the door__ creak quiet the chirping of crickets out in the cornfield, they want to feel the cool air drift through the house, then they want to see the shadow of a man, gun drawn, standing over the bed of his disloyal lover.
Jennifer Arnett Fiction Writing Tips From Hollywood: How to Write Explosive Fiction by Mimicing Hollywood Blockbusters
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Given that media has become fast-paced, readers now want books that show the action and don__ just tell you what is happening. Modern readers don__ want three pages of descriptions of a farmhouse. They want to hear the door__ creak quiet the chirping of crickets out in the cornfield, they want to feel the cool air drift through the house, then they want to see the shadow of a man, gun drawn, standing over the bed of his disloyal lover.
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Fiction Writing Tips From Hollywood: How to Write Explosive Fiction by Mimicing Hollywood Blockbusters

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