Look at this in other novels / short
stories as well as your own.
- What has the writer done here to include a sense of time and space?
2.
In which ways does this piece of prose resemble a
novel rather than an epic story?
3.
How close is the time / space image to real time?
4.
Which bits of the scene are left to the reader’s
imagination?
5.
What makes the space concrete here?
6.
Has the writer taken short cuts?
7.
How does this time / space frame impinge on the
characters?
8.
Which voices are there in this extract?
9.
Which narrative techniques are used?
10. How do
we recognize different characters from what they say?
11. Is there
an authorial voice?
12. Does the
writer use the senses?
13. Whose
point of view is s/he showing?
14. How do
they show that point of view?
15. Does the
author step in?
16. Can you
spot places where the writer goes down deep?
17. Where
are they more on the surface?
18. How does
the writer use dialogue?
19. How is
this similar to and different from a film?
20. What is the balance of
exposition, description, dialogue, action, and inner monologue? Does this feel
about right and why or why not?
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