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Below are 10 tips and tricks on how to write heart-wrenching tragedy.
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Tragedy has general stages: anticipation, dream, frustration, nightmare, and then destruction.
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The tragic hero of the story should suffer some type of downfall by the end of the story.
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To pull at the reader’s heartstrings, the tragedy presented in the story should be one that anyone could face.
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Create characters that the reader can relate to and will care about.
- Ensure that by the end of the story, the tragedy has impacted the lives of the characters.
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Use metaphors and/or similes as they can evoke emotions which can then be overlaid on the scene – further meaning can be given to the scene than if the scene was simply described.
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Include unexpected twists to give hope – but still end with a downfall/tragedy.
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The plot should include a stage of building tension which is then eventually resolved – resolutions do not have to be positive.
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In addition to the standard tragedy there are others, such as the protagonist descending into evil or simply having the good guys lose to the villain.
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Tragic victory is a very powerful form of tragedy as conflicting emotions result from a situation that would otherwise be joyous.
For more information, visit the following websites from which the above points were gathered:
http://thewritepractice.com/basic-tragedy/
http://www.danielarenson.com/tipWritingTragedies.aspx
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