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Features of Melanie Chengs writing
(Thingsyouwill needtocopyinyour ownstory,or consciouslydosomethingdifferent as a response
to this)
 Hyphenatedasides
i.e: It was a goodday  besidesmyappallinghairwhichwas aboutto get worse.
 Italicisedinternal dialogue
i.e.: She saidHi, Whatthe hell, how dareshe, hassheforgotten so quickly! I smiledback
 dialogue withsingle quotationmarks
i.e.: Neville.Pamshootsherhusbandalook.
 Minimal use of He said/ She said/ Troysaid
i.e.:Itsall undercontrol,Kevin
AndthenI sawwho we were dealingwith
I have workto do,Kevin
 Commitwhole paragraphstoa single scene orimage
 Use Intertextualreferences (initalics),intertextandallusionsheavilyasashortcut to
description andcharacterisation
i.e.: He wasmovedto watching back-to-backepisodesof Making a Murderer
 Use Australiancolloquialisms
i.e.:Salright whose face the derrohad threatenedtoslash
 Normal, everydaycharacters
 Use humourinlimitedways(the storiesare alwaysserious,butsome characterscan be
funny)
 Use of irony(usuallybitterirony,ratherthansomethingfunny)
 MostlyfocussedonDescription,thendialogue,thenaction(inorderof frequencyof use)
 Charactersas symbolicandrepresentativesof theiroriginorbackground,eithertosupport
or counterstereotypes
i.e.:
 Use doctors-speak,anatomical terminology anddiseasesasa shortcutto characterisation
and precise description of yourcharacters
i.e.: She was febrile (Thismeans havingafever)
 Use writingasa form of internal dialogue
i.e.: Rowenascribblesinher notebook.CourtOrder.Twelvebeersa day.Old track marksleft
arm
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Features of melanie cheng writing

  • 1. Features of Melanie Chengs writing (Thingsyouwill needtocopyinyour ownstory,or consciouslydosomethingdifferent as a response to this) Hyphenatedasides i.e: It was a goodday besidesmyappallinghairwhichwas aboutto get worse. Italicisedinternal dialogue i.e.: She saidHi, Whatthe hell, how dareshe, hassheforgotten so quickly! I smiledback dialogue withsingle quotationmarks i.e.: Neville.Pamshootsherhusbandalook. Minimal use of He said/ She said/ Troysaid i.e.:Itsall undercontrol,Kevin AndthenI sawwho we were dealingwith I have workto do,Kevin Commitwhole paragraphstoa single scene orimage Use Intertextualreferences (initalics),intertextandallusionsheavilyasashortcut to description andcharacterisation i.e.: He wasmovedto watching back-to-backepisodesof Making a Murderer Use Australiancolloquialisms i.e.:Salright whose face the derrohad threatenedtoslash Normal, everydaycharacters Use humourinlimitedways(the storiesare alwaysserious,butsome characterscan be funny) Use of irony(usuallybitterirony,ratherthansomethingfunny) MostlyfocussedonDescription,thendialogue,thenaction(inorderof frequencyof use) Charactersas symbolicandrepresentativesof theiroriginorbackground,eithertosupport or counterstereotypes i.e.: Use doctors-speak,anatomical terminology anddiseasesasa shortcutto characterisation and precise description of yourcharacters i.e.: She was febrile (Thismeans havingafever) Use writingasa form of internal dialogue i.e.: Rowenascribblesinher notebook.CourtOrder.Twelvebeersa day.Old track marksleft arm