Comments on: Writing By Design Part 4: Contrast, or Light versus Dark https://writershelpingwriters.net/2018/08/writing-by-design-part-4-contrast-or-light-versus-dark/ Helping writers become bestselling authors Fri, 01 Sep 2023 22:16:48 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Darkness and Light 3: In Writing – Eileen Moynihan Author https://writershelpingwriters.net/2018/08/writing-by-design-part-4-contrast-or-light-versus-dark/#comment-748913 Tue, 30 Nov 2021 00:36:13 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=33438#comment-748913 […] And yet, contrast is a stylistic element often ignored in writing. This might be because you can’t see contrast simply by looking at one item by itself. You have to put two things together and watch how those story elements bounce off each other. Just as light can’t exist without darkness, to create contrast you need a basis of comparison.’https://writershelpingwriters.net/2018/08/writing-by-design-part-4-contrast-or-light-versus-dark/ […]

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]]> By: ANGELA ACKERMAN https://writershelpingwriters.net/2018/08/writing-by-design-part-4-contrast-or-light-versus-dark/#comment-600801 Tue, 07 Aug 2018 20:02:14 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=33438#comment-600801 In reply to Gabriela.

I cringe in fear because Star Wars is beloved territory for Becca, but other than the first three, I really haven’t loved any of the follow ups. I had not thought about the contrast problem as part of the why for this though, but I totally see it as you’ve explained here.

I also love the Office example and it illustrates how powerful it can be when what the audience knows and sees is different than what the protagonist themselves knows and sees. Awesome stuff!

]]> By: Gabriela https://writershelpingwriters.net/2018/08/writing-by-design-part-4-contrast-or-light-versus-dark/#comment-600799 Tue, 07 Aug 2018 19:41:49 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=33438#comment-600799 In reply to BECCA PUGLISI.

Totally! I used to think the problem with Episode VI was that it had the Ewoks, but the Ewoks only exacerbate the problem. My kiddos have been going through a Star Wars phase lately, and we’ve been watching the original series and some of the new films over and over. Those polarized jumps between light and dark in Jedi really jumped out at me the last time we watched it.

]]> By: BECCA PUGLISI https://writershelpingwriters.net/2018/08/writing-by-design-part-4-contrast-or-light-versus-dark/#comment-600767 Tue, 07 Aug 2018 13:31:09 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=33438#comment-600767 Great stuff here, Gabriela. I particularly agree with your take on the 6th Star Wars Film. That one was definitely the weakest of the original 3, and that imbalance perfectly explains one of the biggest problems with that story. Thanks so much for sharing this series with us. It’s been an enlightening journey :).

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