I'm trying to look for writing techniques or ideas on how I would start my own chapter in a story.
This chapter starts out with a great visual.
"The camp looked as though it ahd been though an epidenmic: empty and dead."
I find there to be many forms of this type of sentence structure. I enjoy feeling like I know what he sees at that moment in time.
Descriptive sentences.
"He was a stocky man with big shoulders, the neck of a bull, thick lips, and curly hair. He gave an impression of kindness. From time to time, a smile would linger in his gray-blue eyes."
"Our tent leader was a German. An assassin's face, fleshy lips. hand resembling a wolf's paws. The camp's food agreed with him; he could hardly move, he was so fat."
Time.
I'm seeing the importance of tracking time. The author uses, "the first three days went by quickly", "ten minutes later", and "many years later."
I need to keep this in mind when writing.
Language.
Blockaltsete was a German Jew. He uses italics for all German words. Meister a German employee or civilian.
The importance of this is that it reminds you that this was in a different country and culture. I enjoy learning new words.
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