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So this has been a fun year for me for foreign translations of my writing books.

I've had a few new editions out already this year, but this week I got my first look at the Russian version of creating character arts.

I was really excited about this one.

Not really sure why, but it tickles me to have it on my shelf.

I almost like the cover, they gave it better than the one I do

on the English version. Anyway if you happen to rude Russian you can now check that

out. And I hope you enjoyed this week's episode four ways to check that

group's group readers.

Classic scene structure asks for a one-two punch pairing of action and reaction, or as Dwight V. Swain named them in what has come to be considered classic scene structure, scene and sequel. The need to write sequel scenes, the

reaction half of the equation, is sometimes overlooked and misunderstood. This is

unfortunate since the reaction phase is both what

controls a story's pacing and where much of a story's meaning may be found or

explored. Some writers fear that lengthy reaction scenes in which

characters process and respond to the consequences of just concluded conflict oriented scenes will slow their pacing too much.

And sometimes these fears are well founded, but without solid sequel scenes, a story well struggle, both because the entirely conflict-oriented pacing,

well founder in ironic monotony, and because characters will feel unemotional and undeveloped.

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