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Listen: Writing Escape Scenes

Need to get your character out of a bind? Here are some tips on writing escape scenes that are realistic and raise the stakes.

Laura Winter
1 min readJul 26, 2021
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Need to get your character out of a bind? Here are some tips on writing escape scenes that are realistic and raise the stakes.

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Show Notes:

  • tools to help make your escape scenes more realistic
  • foreshadow
  • don’t let your escape come out of nowhere
  • have your character prepare for the escape
  • plant an object early on that will help them escape
  • make a quick reference to it (doesn’t have to be detailed) just to tease

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Laura Winter
Laura Winter

Written by Laura Winter

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