Ava Clary

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  • Expectations in Writing, Part 2

    Expectations in Writing, Part 2

    Previously, we learned about Expectations in Writing by looking at a humorous scene from the novel Mort by Terry Pratchett. Let’s look at a second example, a funny scene from a comedy skit by British comedian Michael McIntyre about the Dentist. What do you expect from a dentist? Usually, the patient is the nervous one…

  • Expectations in Writing, Part 1

    Expectations in Writing, Part 1

    Expectations in writing: it’s about how you tell the story. You’re at the store and you fumble a jar. The lid flies off. You gasp in horror, unable to move as the lid comes down on the hard floor and bounces once, twice… and guess what happens next? In writing, your reader comes to you…

  • Writing Tips: Dramatic Scenes, oh the drama

    A how-to-write essay series by Ava Clary about writing dramatically. Be Dynamic and Dramatic I’m trying to figure out how ‘show, don’t tell’ works. What do people mean by show? Well, I’ve decided it means you write dynamically. You make drama happen. Here’s a scene I’m thinking about. I’ll start by describing a hotel and a…