Analysis Of Mom I Am A Shark By Finkel

Intimate journalism, a style of writing that precisely describes and represents an item, person, or place, is quite easy to start learning; however, it does not stop there. To write a great true story, the writer does not only need to build the appearance of the object, but also needs to give his story bones and fleshes. By bones and fleshes, I mean plots and dialogues. Like a person not only needs skins, but also requires the most crucial fleshes and bones. A truly great real story requires good descriptions of physical details, real-life dialogues, and a well-planned plot. Being able to describe a thing well is simple in a way, and complex in another. It is easy to tell the size, shape, and color of an object; for a person, it’s his/her age, race, height, and gender. However, the complex physical details are objects’ textures, materials, rusts, and marks that are made for …show more content…
If Finkel excludes Ben’s interruptions in this dialogue, it will not be as realistic and vivid as it is. Just details that may look simple in a dialogue can determine whether a part of the story is interesting or not. If the dialogues a story has is just a stack of information, it may bore the audience. Considering long and massive dialogues can distract, tire, and confuse the readers, a writer must manage and organize the dialogues in a reasonable way. Even with great physical details descriptions and dialogues, the writing is still not a well-structured story. A story is a person; its plot will be the person’s bones. If the plot is a mess, then the person will be distorted. His neck will be tangled, his legs will be unsupportive and he may not have any arm. Such person may not be able to live, and such story will not be good. To make a story great, the writer must offer a well-orchestrated plot to his/her story. I think there are two parts to a plot, the idea, and the