In our Lit 102 course, we were challenged to zoom in on something of interest in narrative writing so that it becomes more apparent to you and your readers. This is also known as ‘explode a moment’. In narrative writing, this strategy requires one to look carefully at one’s writing, decide on one aspect of the writing which requires more detail and interest and then ‘spice’ it up by exploding that aspect in that particular piece of writing.
To be honest, I do not think I am very good at writing narrative pieces. This is so because they require so much creativity and detail. So, when we were introduced to zooming in on narrative writing pieces, my heart 'sank’ a bit because I felt that this would cause narrative writing to be more challenging for me than it already is. Zooming in requires one to ‘slow down’ their piece of writing. To expound on this fact, Mrs. Lazarus showed us an example writing piece that uses this strategy entitled ‘A Fabulous Exploded Moment’. This causes me to ponder how I will know if aspects of my narrative writing are ‘slowed down’ sufficiently to deem my writing piece satisfactory. I would have to, therefore, rely on my colleagues to assist me with this if they are willing. The following picture further explains how one can ‘explode the moment’ in narrative writing.
