Thread:Eronan/@comment-24438896-20140526170748/@comment-24438896-20140607040113

You havent spoiled anything, I'm already on season 4. But yeah I get what you mean. It will be a greater task for a piece of writing to create an atmosphere of tension and stuggle because it is writing and not pictures. But I do have a few techniques that may help you.

1 - When the moment in which you want to instill tension comes e.g. Kai drawing Dragonic Overlord and riding it, you want to describe EVERYTHING around you with words relating to curiosity, uncertainty, deceipt. In that clip, or in any tense battle in vanguard, you will notice that the surroundings of the fighters are shown first. Why you ask? Its because their surroundings have been drawn in a way which not only makes the audience think 'Some bad stuff is about to go down', but it also makes them think 'What will happen after this?'. So describe the protagonist's surroundings withlots of descriptive language. Here's a great sentence structure to use: adjective-adjective-noun-descripton of noun-adverb-verb. Kinda like this :

The brave, gallant fighter with his fine and brandished steel, furiously charges at the enemy with all hopes of his people balancing on his shoulder.

2 - It's never good to ramble. Everyone knows that. But sometimes you must. If you want to instill a feeling of excitement then you have to show the thoughts and feelings of the characters involved, show the tense aura emitting from them, describe how meaningful the situation is, and most of all, use more spontaneous words because the rane of vocabulary you use can greatly affect the way your stories may be seen at first glance. If need be, look for words in your story which are kind of short and boring, search online at Thesaurus.com and choose one of the options. Trust me, it helps a lot.

3 - Here is the last tip, and the most important tip. At the ending scene of a story, you cannot have any broken links. What I mean is that every event that has ocurred in the story must link to each other in one way or another. Season 3 worked because the audience saw how strong Aichi was becoming and then Kai drifted out of the picture. But he came back because:

He wanted to be the best again

He wanted to be recognised as on of the few on Aichi's level

He wanted to feel strong.

Using these previous samples from their story, they placed a force which uses Kai's ambition against him DUE TO these three things above. The DUE TO but is the link. Always remember, Link-Cause-Effect.

Hope that helps.