Let's Do This: Framing Fiction | Episode 28

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the weekly Matterhorn podcast as digestible 5 minute episodes with 3 ideas for starting points in your own work. Please feel free to share links to your own work in the comments!

This week’s full podcast episode:

Framing Fiction | Episode 27

A transcript of this episode is available on the desktop web version.

Let’s Do This: Framing in Fiction

1. How do you want your reader (listener/viewer/etc) to feel when they first enter your work? How can you use a frame to help them get into that mindset?

2. How many levels of frame have you chosen for your work? Are there parts and chapters or sections beyond the title? Do they have names or simply numbers? Are there other forms of entry into the text?

3. What’s your first line? As you look at it separately, does it say exactly what you want it to say? What themes are perhaps echoed there or how does it play into mood or characterization? Can you play with the ambiguity or specificity of the line?

Please feel free to share links to your own work (including other forms of fiction - songs, visual art, film…) or copy and paste short sections to share with our readers!