What i was wondering is does anyone have anyone have any advice on writing montages (i think that's the spelling of it) in stories?
What i was wondering is does anyone have anyone have any advice on writing montages (i think that's the spelling of it) in stories?
I'm not sure what you mean, as I've only ever heard of a montage in regards to images.
If I'm right in suspecting you mean a collection of short stories I can only offer the options used by me in the following links, or the option used by my father in his book in the first link below. The stories in the two collection on Bookapy are all available as individual stories on SoL.
https://storiesonline.net/s/13862/no-names-no-pack-drill
https://storiesonline.net/s/54302/some-ultra-short-stories
https://bookapy.com/s/23/new-computing-world-and-other-short-stories
https://bookapy.com/s/129/the-wrong-way-and-other-short-stories
I'm talking about the series of scenes in movies that progresses to an ultimate goal. For example the A-Team from the 70's tv series going through the process of making an entirely improbable war machine to get out of the current jam they find themselves in.
So, like, the written equivalent of the training montage or the prepping-the-team montage? Hmm.
I'm assuming you're thinking of a couple of short punchy scenes, maybe 1-3 paragraphs each (or longer?), showing the progress being made. I've no advice based on personal experience, but as a general advice, I suggest that the scenes have a thread running through them, to keep up interest / tension. This could be different characters' reactions to the thing coming up, or a continuing conversation between characters, or a running joke — something to tie them together.
I'm assuming you're thinking of a couple of short punchy scenes, maybe 1-3 paragraphs each (or longer?)
I don't know what 'montage' means in this context but I recently read a couple of novel-length stories by a respected author that consisted of short scenes headed by a timestamp and location. Some of them were indeed a single paragraph and some of those did nothing to further the story, making me wonder why the author bothered to include them.
I found the technique off-putting. I would just get into a scene only to be jerked out by the next scene change.
AJ
I don't know what 'montage' means in this context but I recently read a couple of novel-length stories by a
Well, in movies it usually involves stringing together a bunch of abbreviated scenes into a sort of time lapse of events which would be boring and tedious if given full coverage, but are still necessary to move the plot forward.
I wrote you a montage for a fight movie. Play whatever inspirational music you want while you read it.
It had been a long, hard road to get to the ring.
Months of pre-dawn alarms, hundreds of kilometres run on the cold ice-slick roads as the sun rose, ten times his body weight in protein powder consumed. When the gains couldn't come quick enough, he swapped mixing it with water for mixing it with raw eggs. It was a miracle he hadn't caught salmonella.
Day by day, week by week, month by month he persevered. His body became firmer, his muscles more defined. Despite dropping four sizes in his factory jeans, his weight increased; all of it pure muscle.
His knuckles, once bruised and bloody from pounding his old sand-filled canvas duffle bag, were covered with thick layer of fighter's callous. After hearing some guys talking about it at the gym, he'd moved onto flat-fisting a tree trunk in the back yard. The bark at shoulder height had sloughed off, the wood beneath pounded smooth over the last few months of training.
He stepped up between the ropes.
Time to see if it was all worth it.