August 20, 2012 archive

What Star Wars "A New Hope" Can Teach Us About In Medias Res

On Friday we talked about using setting as a literary device. Setting is one of those tools that helps writers to do more showing than telling. Today, we are going to tackle a highly confusing subject for many writers—In medias res. In medias res quite literally means in the middle of things. This is a literary tactic that …

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