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Summary
They have brought me down from my beautiful mountain in the white
silence of winter, my wrists bound with hemp rope, my legs tied beneath
the pony's belly as if I were a yearling doe taken on the long hunt. And
perhaps I am, for I am as defenseless as a deer, and as silent. They say
that dear, who live out their lives in silence, scream when they are killed.
Well, perhaps I will be permitted that.
*Although summary is a useful device, scenes are absolutely necessary.
* Narrative summaries introduce or link scenes while providing background information.
* Narrative summaries introduce or link scenes while providing background information.
Steffan says his Muse is on sabbatical.
The Ballad of Frankie Silver
A summary covers a relatively long period of time in a relatively short span of
passages; a scene deals with a relatively short period of time in extended passages.
Summary can be highly descriptive and engaging while
continuing to further the story as The Ballad of Frankie
Silver shows. Summary, exactly like scene, must carry the
story along or should be deleted. It may consist of a long
'swatch' of writing or a brief connector between scenes.