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Mood & Atmosphere in Fiction. An Interview with Joshua Essoe

Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing

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Using Long Sentence or Short Sentences

Word choice is one of the really important various tools that i talk about in creating odan atmosphere. So by controlling your writing on a line bye line level, you can either speed it up or slow it down. You can choose long sentences or short sentences. All these things, especially on a subconscious level, start making readers feel different ways. I find whether you want to parallel or if you want to contrast, really depends on what's going on in your story.

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