Beats

Greetings from the Hermit WRiter.

Beats are the actions we intersperse within a scene. Browne and King, in Self-Editing For Fiction Writers, describes beat's pros, cons, and uses:

• Use to vary pace
• Can be disruptive to dialogue | flow
• Ties dialog to setting and characters

• Limits imagination required of reader

• Can be condescending

• For high tension, keep the beats to a minimum
• Used to change emotional direction

• Conveys characters emotions/thoughts

If, when reading out loud, you pause between lines of dialogue...consider it a beat.

By the way...I could really use a review for Ogreness...If anyone has any time on their hands.