{"id":368,"date":"2012-09-02T08:56:00","date_gmt":"2012-09-02T08:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bestfantasynovel.com\/2012\/09\/02\/keep-the-best-for-last\/"},"modified":"2012-09-02T08:56:00","modified_gmt":"2012-09-02T08:56:00","slug":"keep-the-best-for-last","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/taramayastales.com\/bestfantasynovel\/2012\/09\/02\/keep-the-best-for-last\/","title":{"rendered":"Keep the Best For Last"},"content":{"rendered":"
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KEEP THE BEST FOR LAST: BACKLOADING TECHNIQUE<\/span><\/div>\n
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by Rayne Hall<\/span><\/div>\n
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Angrypotato’s Centaur Girl<\/a> by Etoli<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
Here is a nifty technique to give your writing style more impact: Structure your sentences so the most powerful word comes at the end. The last word touches the reader’s psyche more than any other, so make it count. <\/span><\/div>\n
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Short, evocative nouns, adjectives and verbs are best. Here’s a list for your inspiration: death, dead, kiss, lust, treachery, blood, fear, die, kill, deep, cold, heat, dark, boil, pull, grave, grip, grasp, hope, sear, scream, thrill, scar, bone, flesh, skull, wound, pray, pain, soul, child, flee, trap, teeth, curse, escape, safe, love. <\/span><\/div>\n
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These words, on the other hand, have no particular effect: it, then, them, across, through, there, somehow, around,\u00a0 <\/span>under, of, off, for, that, be, others, his, her.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Often, restructuring the sentence is all it takes, or perhaps adding, deleting or replacing one word.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Before<\/span><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
She knew she had to kill it.<\/span><\/div>\n
After<\/span><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
She knew she had to kill.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Before<\/span><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
She had a painful headache.<\/span><\/div>\n
After<\/span><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
Pain pounded in her skull.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Before<\/span><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
He felt the pain then.<\/span><\/div>\n
After<\/span><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
Then he felt the pain.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Before<\/span><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
A child was in there.<\/span><\/div>\n
After<\/span><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
In there was a child.<\/span><\/div>\n
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I recommend backloading the last sentence of most paragraphs – but only if it suits the contents. If possible, backload the last sentence of every scene, because that’s where the impact is greatest.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Try it with some sentences in your manuscript, and post the \u201cbefore\u201d and \u201cafter\u201d versions as a comment. <\/span><\/div>\n

BIO<\/span><\/p>\n

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Rayne Hall is professional writer and editor. She has had over 30 books published under several pen names, in several genres(mostly fantasy, horror and non-fiction), in several languages (mostly English, German, Polish and Chinese), by several publishers, under several pen names. For a list of currently published fiction under the Rayne Hall pen name, go to http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Rayne-Hall\/e\/B006BSJ5BK<\/span><\/div>\n
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Her recent books include Storm Dancer <\/i>(dark epic fantasy novel), Writing Fight Scenes<\/i> (for authors), Writing Scary Scenes<\/i> (for authors), Six Scary Tales Vol 1, 2 <\/i>and 3<\/i>(mild horror stories) and more.<\/span><\/div>\n
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She is the editor of the Ten Tales<\/i>series of themed multi-author short story anthologies: Bites: Ten Tales of Vampires, Haunted: Ten Tales of Ghosts, Scared: Ten Tales of Horror, Cutlass: Ten Tales of Pirates,<\/i> and others.<\/span><\/div>\n
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She teaches online workshops for intermediate, advanced and professional level writers who are serious about improving their writing craft skills. Caution: these classes are not suitable for beginners or the faint-of-heart! For a list of her currently scheduled workshops, see https:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/writingworkshopswithraynehall\/<\/span><\/div>\n

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