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18.11: Turning Up the Contrast With Juxtaposition

Writing Excuses

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Music Is a Great Way to Add Drama to a Story

Music is such a great way to do this. One of my very favorites is actually the finale of the first act of the Stephen Sondheim musical Gypsy in which everything has gone wrong. And it's horrible and delicious. I think you just reminded me of something that that Aaron had talked about previously, which is that the tension is coming from the emotion.

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