Monday, October 21, 2013

Foreshadowing

Read Matthew 25-28
 
Matthew 26:2 "Ye know that after two days is the feast of the passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified."
 
Foreshadowing is what we do to plant possibilities into the story before the incident comes up. Sometimes we find we need to warn readers about a scene that would otherwise jar them out of the story.
 
For instance, we might write a rescue scene where the characters don’t save themselves, someone else swoops in and saves them. If we have set it up ahead of time, we can have a search-and-rescue team be our protagonist’s heroes.
 
Other times we use foreshadowing to build tension and suspense in our readers. We subtly clue them that disaster is coming and let them worry about when it might happen.

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