Comments on: The Wrap Scene

By: Nancy J. Cohen

Nancy J. Cohen — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 15:13:52 +0000

Good point, Deb! Dialogue is a great way to get across the final wrap up of events.

By: Deborah Sharp

Deborah Sharp — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 15:02:45 +0000

Good advice, as always, Nancy. I’d add only one other thing: Sometimes a lot of wrapping up in a mystery can read like a list. Putting it in conversation/dialogue is a way around that. I agree with the other comment that you always have fabulous advice for aspiring writers.

By: Nancy J. Cohen

Nancy J. Cohen — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 11:19:15 +0000

I framed my very first published book, Circle of Light, and believe it made much more of an emotional impact that way. The book started with a secondary character, which is unusual, and it ended that way, too. But it seemed right for the story, a futuristic romance written in multiple viewpoints. The scope went beyond the hero/heroine although their love story was the focus.

By: Diane Schultz

Diane Schultz — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 10:38:48 +0000

Nancy, you’ve done another great job of providing lucid tips. By pointing out that the last scene is apt to miss some of the story, it frees novelists from berating themselves for forgetting parts of their own stories. Framing is also a great device recently mentioned in a blog interview with Les Edgerton (http://onfictionwriting.com/rack/Les-Edgerton/32/) whereby his novel The Death of Tarpons had 85 rejections until another writer suggested framing it. He did, and it was published by the next editor who saw it. I love the idea of coming back around to the beginning.

By: Nancy J. Cohen

Nancy J. Cohen — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 21:29:54 +0000

I hope to give you insights into the writing process with these posts. Thanks for reading them!

By: Dottie vining

Dottie vining — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 20:57:11 +0000

Thanks for all the helpfully hints on writing tht you share with your readers who would like to be riters like you.