In this episode, Dialogue Doctor Coach JP Rindfleisch IX sits down with Farriz Mashudi to look at her first chapter and talk about her story. JP and Farriz discuss how to increase tension, ensuring the reader understands where all the characters are, character growth arcs, the Story Hypothesis, and making a first chapter as powerful as possible while being aware of word count.
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Hi JP. Because of what you shared and your suggestions throughout the podcast, I’m going to pay much more attention to opportunities I may be missing to write the character’s internal voice as dialogue, as well as to add more movement to scenes as ways to create tension. Thank you!
Farriz, thank you for sharing your work with us. Your story sounds very interesting; I don’t recall ever reading a flash-forward first chapter. Please keep us posted on when you publish. I read one of your short stories, ‘On the Rails.’ The story was quite moving! Wishing you continued success.